diff --git a/fs/gfs2/recovery.c b/fs/gfs2/recovery.c
index 4acf238e1db6..d0c806b85c86 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/recovery.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static int get_log_header(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd, unsigned int blk,
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	struct gfs2_log_header_host lh;
-static const u32 nothing = 0;
+	const u32 nothing = 0;
 	u32 hash;
 	int error;