diff --git a/sql/ha_berkeley.cc b/sql/ha_berkeley.cc
index b91a0624335..a6cc05e1fdb 100644
--- a/sql/ha_berkeley.cc
+++ b/sql/ha_berkeley.cc
@@ -372,8 +372,9 @@ void berkeley_cleanup_log_files(void)
 ** Berkeley DB tables
 *****************************************************************************/
 
+static const char *ha_bdb_bas_exts[]= { ha_berkeley_ext, NullS };
 const char **ha_berkeley::bas_ext() const
-{ static const char *ext[]= { ha_berkeley_ext, NullS }; return ext; }
+{ return ha_bdb_bas_exts; }
 
 
 ulong ha_berkeley::index_flags(uint idx, uint part, bool all_parts) const