diff --git a/libavformat/rtpdec.c b/libavformat/rtpdec.c
index f9016d0eda..4f0ade167d 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 c5a521760d..a27f743023 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);