diff --git a/lib/ExecutionEngine/RuntimeDyld/GDBRegistrar.cpp b/lib/ExecutionEngine/RuntimeDyld/GDBRegistrar.cpp
index 205ac2342c7..603c526d06e 100644
--- a/lib/ExecutionEngine/RuntimeDyld/GDBRegistrar.cpp
+++ b/lib/ExecutionEngine/RuntimeDyld/GDBRegistrar.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ extern "C" {
   // We put information about the JITed function in this global, which the
   // debugger reads.  Make sure to specify the version statically, because the
   // debugger checks the version before we can set it during runtime.
-  static struct jit_descriptor __jit_debug_descriptor = { 1, 0, 0, 0 };
+  struct jit_descriptor __jit_debug_descriptor = { 1, 0, 0, 0 };
 
   // Debuggers puts a breakpoint in this function.
   LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE void __jit_debug_register_code() { }