diff --git a/src/evalvars.c b/src/evalvars.c
index 644190f..155f603 100644
--- a/src/evalvars.c
+++ b/src/evalvars.c
@@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@
 /*
  * Function to concatenate a prefix and a variable name.
  */
-    static char_u *
+    char_u *
 cat_prefix_varname(int prefix, char_u *name)
 {
     int		len;