diff --git a/drivers/staging/tty/istallion.c b/drivers/staging/tty/istallion.c
index 0b266272cccd5f6a6edbab2c79c067adb178e75a..ca18cbf4e3c9f26c1d49cc980d79e59bf8ab08ba 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/tty/istallion.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/tty/istallion.c
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ static struct ktermios		stli_deftermios = {
  *	re-used for each stats call.
  */
 static comstats_t	stli_comstats;
-static combrd_t		stli_brdstats;
 static struct asystats	stli_cdkstats;
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
@@ -4005,6 +4004,7 @@ static int stli_getbrdstats(combrd_t __user *bp)
 {
 	struct stlibrd *brdp;
 	unsigned int i;
+	combrd_t stli_brdstats;
 
 	if (copy_from_user(&stli_brdstats, bp, sizeof(combrd_t)))
 		return -EFAULT;