diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_av/avcodec.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_av/avcodec.c
index c2a93d504b..ab6205ae01 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_av/avcodec.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_av/avcodec.c
@@ -867,8 +867,6 @@ SWITCH_STANDARD_API(av_codec_api_function)
 	return SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-static const char modname[] = "mod_av";
-
 SWITCH_MODULE_LOAD_FUNCTION(mod_avcodec_load)
 {
 	switch_codec_interface_t *codec_interface;
diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_av/mod_av.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_av/mod_av.c
index cc3728b038..45d5a19e1f 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_av/mod_av.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_av/mod_av.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ SWITCH_MODULE_LOAD_FUNCTION(mod_av_load);
 SWITCH_MODULE_SHUTDOWN_FUNCTION(mod_av_shutdown);
 SWITCH_MODULE_DEFINITION(mod_av, mod_av_load, mod_av_shutdown, NULL);
 
+static const char modname[] = "mod_av";
 
 static void log_callback(void *ptr, int level, const char *fmt, va_list vl)
 {