diff --git a/libavformat/rtpdec.c b/libavformat/rtpdec.c
index f9016d0edaed33054f962361e82d6a96d137ccc5..4f0ade167d63e08f885705830f63566040e96d7c 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtpdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtpdec.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static RTPDynamicProtocolHandler ff_realmedia_mp3_dynamic_handler = {
 };
 
 /* statistics functions */
-RTPDynamicProtocolHandler *RTPFirstDynamicPayloadHandler= NULL;
+static RTPDynamicProtocolHandler *RTPFirstDynamicPayloadHandler= NULL;
 
 void ff_register_dynamic_payload_handler(RTPDynamicProtocolHandler *handler)
 {
diff --git a/libavformat/rtpdec.h b/libavformat/rtpdec.h
index c5a521760dfcbbd0eaa02ae39ba485ebdec50e5a..a27f743023e46ddaeba5aaa63c51b7b8e38e93d7 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtpdec.h
+++ b/libavformat/rtpdec.h
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ struct RTPDemuxContext {
     int max_frames_per_packet;
 };
 
-extern RTPDynamicProtocolHandler *RTPFirstDynamicPayloadHandler;
 void ff_register_dynamic_payload_handler(RTPDynamicProtocolHandler *handler);
 RTPDynamicProtocolHandler *ff_rtp_handler_find_by_name(const char *name,
                                                   enum AVMediaType codec_type);