diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/GDBStub.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/GDBStub.cpp
index f097135940..2fe39b75fd 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/GDBStub.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/GDBStub.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ typedef SSIZE_T ssize_t;
 
 namespace GDBStub
 {
-std::optional<Common::SocketContext> s_socket_context;
+static std::optional<Common::SocketContext> s_socket_context;
 
 #define GDB_BFR_MAX 10000