diff --git a/caps/src/nsScriptSecurityManager.cpp b/caps/src/nsScriptSecurityManager.cpp
index 5850bd8fee49..615108125ead 100644
--- a/caps/src/nsScriptSecurityManager.cpp
+++ b/caps/src/nsScriptSecurityManager.cpp
@@ -1981,7 +1981,7 @@ nsScriptSecurityManager::GetScriptSecurityManager()
 // Currently this nsGenericFactory constructor is used only from FastLoad
 // (XPCOM object deserialization) code, when "creating" the system principal
 // singleton.
-static nsSystemPrincipal *
+nsSystemPrincipal *
 nsScriptSecurityManager::SystemPrincipalSingletonConstructor()
 {
     nsIPrincipal *sysprin = nsnull;