diff --git a/nsock/src/nsock_proxy.c b/nsock/src/nsock_proxy.c
index 93bd12f31..7f5780c96 100644
--- a/nsock/src/nsock_proxy.c
+++ b/nsock/src/nsock_proxy.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ extern const struct proxy_spec ProxySpecHttp;
 extern const struct proxy_spec ProxySpecSocks4;
 
 
-const static struct proxy_spec *ProxyBackends[] = {
+static const struct proxy_spec *ProxyBackends[] = {
   &ProxySpecHttp,
   &ProxySpecSocks4,
   NULL