2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/crypto/crypto.cpp b/src/crypto/crypto.cpp
index f4ef751d3..36b510a5b 100644
--- a/src/crypto/crypto.cpp
+++ b/src/crypto/crypto.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ namespace crypto {
 #include "random.h"
   }
 
+  const crypto::public_key null_pkey = boost::value_initialized<crypto::public_key>();
+  const crypto::secret_key null_skey = boost::value_initialized<crypto::secret_key>();
+
   static inline unsigned char *operator &(ec_point &point) {
     return &reinterpret_cast<unsigned char &>(point);
   }
diff --git a/src/crypto/crypto.h b/src/crypto/crypto.h
index 9ea0f2ec0..492bf966e 100644
--- a/src/crypto/crypto.h
+++ b/src/crypto/crypto.h
@@ -277,8 +277,8 @@ namespace crypto {
     epee::to_hex::formatted(o, epee::as_byte_span(v)); return o;
   }
 
-  const static crypto::public_key null_pkey = boost::value_initialized<crypto::public_key>();
-  const static crypto::secret_key null_skey = boost::value_initialized<crypto::secret_key>();
+  const extern crypto::public_key null_pkey;
+  const extern crypto::secret_key null_skey;
 }
 
 CRYPTO_MAKE_HASHABLE(public_key)