diff --git a/crypto/asn1/asn1_gen.c b/crypto/asn1/asn1_gen.c
index 64620a4f28a7f6c9762c8cefa6a530f5feeb1eec..940d2723f804058f34704b06796f682c1df24fcd 100644
--- a/crypto/asn1/asn1_gen.c
+++ b/crypto/asn1/asn1_gen.c
@@ -498,7 +498,8 @@ static int append_exp(tag_exp_arg *arg, int exp_tag, int exp_class,
 static int asn1_str2tag(const char *tagstr, int len)
 {
     unsigned int i;
-    static const struct tag_name_st *tntmp, tnst[] = {
+    const struct tag_name_st *tntmp;
+    static const struct tag_name_st tnst[] = {
         ASN1_GEN_STR("BOOL", V_ASN1_BOOLEAN),
         ASN1_GEN_STR("BOOLEAN", V_ASN1_BOOLEAN),
         ASN1_GEN_STR("NULL", V_ASN1_NULL),