diff --git a/src/hci/mucurses/slk.c b/src/hci/mucurses/slk.c
index 4422e15a..600658e7 100644
--- a/src/hci/mucurses/slk.c
+++ b/src/hci/mucurses/slk.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ struct _softlabelkeys {
 	short saved_pair;
 };
 
-struct _softlabelkeys *slks;
+static struct _softlabelkeys *slks;
 
 /*
   I either need to break the primitives here, or write a collection of