diff --git a/src/jemalloc.c b/src/jemalloc.c
index 3c0ea7d4..4c31a2d2 100644
--- a/src/jemalloc.c
+++ b/src/jemalloc.c
@@ -1730,7 +1730,7 @@ compute_size_with_overflow(bool may_overflow, dynamic_opts_t *dopts,
 	}
 
 	/* A size_t with its high-half bits all set to 1. */
-	const static size_t high_bits = SIZE_T_MAX << (sizeof(size_t) * 8 / 2);
+	static const size_t high_bits = SIZE_T_MAX << (sizeof(size_t) * 8 / 2);
 
 	*size = dopts->item_size * dopts->num_items;