diff --git a/glib/tests/utf8-validate.c b/glib/tests/utf8-validate.c
index 5fc37a3a3..41d19adb5 100644
--- a/glib/tests/utf8-validate.c
+++ b/glib/tests/utf8-validate.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ typedef struct {
   gboolean valid;
 } Test;
 
-Test test[] = {
+static Test global_test[] = {
   /* some tests to check max_len handling */
   /* length 1 */
   { "abcde", -1, 5, TRUE },
@@ -364,10 +364,10 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
   g_test_init (&argc, &argv, NULL);
 
-  for (i = 0; test[i].text; i++)
+  for (i = 0; global_test[i].text; i++)
     {
       path = g_strdup_printf ("/utf8/validate/%d", i);
-      g_test_add_data_func (path, &test[i], do_test);
+      g_test_add_data_func (path, &global_test[i], do_test);
       g_free (path);
     }