diff --git a/libavcodec/aac_tablegen.h b/libavcodec/aac_tablegen.h
index 85e189d6b5..e7d96d574b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aac_tablegen.h
+++ b/libavcodec/aac_tablegen.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ av_cold void ff_aac_tableinit(void)
     int i;
 
     /* 2^(i/16) for 0 <= i <= 15 */
-    const float exp2_lut[] = {
+    static const float exp2_lut[] = {
         1.00000000000000000000,
         1.04427378242741384032,
         1.09050773266525765921,