diff --git a/lib/VMCore/Constants.cpp b/lib/VMCore/Constants.cpp
index ba8ab2e392f..a9e4e78ee1f 100644
--- a/lib/VMCore/Constants.cpp
+++ b/lib/VMCore/Constants.cpp
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ bool Constant::ContainsRelocations(unsigned Kind) const {
 }
 
 // Static constructor to create a '0' constant of arbitrary type...
+static const uint64_t zero[2] = {0, 0};
 Constant *Constant::getNullValue(const Type *Ty) {
-  static uint64_t zero[2] = {0, 0};
   switch (Ty->getTypeID()) {
   case Type::IntegerTyID:
     return ConstantInt::get(Ty, 0);