diff --git a/src/iso19111/static.cpp b/src/iso19111/static.cpp
index 3c4c8ddced..9362610311 100644
--- a/src/iso19111/static.cpp
+++ b/src/iso19111/static.cpp
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ NS_PROJ_START
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+const NameSpaceNNPtr NameSpace::GLOBAL(NameSpace::createGLOBAL());
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 /** \brief Key to set the authority citation of a metadata::Identifier.
  *
  * The value is to be provided as a string or a metadata::Citation.
diff --git a/src/iso19111/util.cpp b/src/iso19111/util.cpp
index 70f738b8af..e72f3af7b0 100644
--- a/src/iso19111/util.cpp
+++ b/src/iso19111/util.cpp
@@ -494,10 +494,6 @@ NameSpaceNNPtr NameSpace::createGLOBAL() {
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-const NameSpaceNNPtr NameSpace::GLOBAL(NameSpace::createGLOBAL());
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 //! @cond Doxygen_Suppress
 struct LocalName::Private {
     NameSpacePtr scope{};