diff --git a/crypto/mem.c b/crypto/mem.c
index 4905caf7f..dcbf449e2 100644
--- a/crypto/mem.c
+++ b/crypto/mem.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static void __asan_unpoison_memory_region(const void *addr, size_t size) {}
 #define WEAK_SYMBOL_FUNC(rettype, name, args) \
   rettype name args __attribute__((weak));
 #else
-#define WEAK_SYMBOL_FUNC(rettype, name, args) static rettype(*name) args = NULL;
+#define WEAK_SYMBOL_FUNC(rettype, name, args) rettype(*name) args = NULL;
 #endif
 
 // sdallocx is a sized |free| function. By passing the size (which we happen to