diff --git a/test/DumpDecoderClient.cxx b/test/DumpDecoderClient.cxx
index a007e0b5c..680761bb8 100644
--- a/test/DumpDecoderClient.cxx
+++ b/test/DumpDecoderClient.cxx
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ DumpDecoderClient::SubmitData(gcc_unused InputStream *is,
 			      const void *data, size_t datalen,
 			      gcc_unused uint16_t kbit_rate)
 {
-	static uint16_t prev_kbit_rate;
 	if (kbit_rate != prev_kbit_rate) {
 		prev_kbit_rate = kbit_rate;
 		fprintf(stderr, "%u kbit/s\n", kbit_rate);
diff --git a/test/DumpDecoderClient.hxx b/test/DumpDecoderClient.hxx
index 3235d233b..0fcb9754c 100644
--- a/test/DumpDecoderClient.hxx
+++ b/test/DumpDecoderClient.hxx
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 class DumpDecoderClient final : public DecoderClient {
 	bool initialized = false;
 
+	uint16_t prev_kbit_rate = 0;
+
 public:
 	Mutex mutex;
 	Cond cond;