diff --git a/libavformat/mp3dec.c b/libavformat/mp3dec.c
index c9973c5142..472bad9b6a 100644
--- a/libavformat/mp3dec.c
+++ b/libavformat/mp3dec.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static int mp3_parse_vbr_tags(AVFormatContext *s, AVStream *st, int64_t base)
     uint32_t v, spf;
     unsigned frames = 0; /* Total number of frames in file */
     unsigned size = 0; /* Total number of bytes in the stream */
-    const int64_t xing_offtbl[2][2] = {{32, 17}, {17,9}};
+    static const int64_t xing_offtbl[2][2] = {{32, 17}, {17,9}};
     MPADecodeHeader c;
     int vbrtag_size = 0;
     int is_cbr;