diff --git a/contrib/pgcrypto/crypt-md5.c b/contrib/pgcrypto/crypt-md5.c
index d38721a1010..3d17b2340fe 100644
--- a/contrib/pgcrypto/crypt-md5.c
+++ b/contrib/pgcrypto/crypt-md5.c
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ px_crypt_md5(const char *pw, const char *salt, char *passwd, unsigned dstlen)
 	static char *magic = "$1$"; /* This string is magic for this algorithm.
 								 * Having it this way, we can get better later
 								 * on */
-	static char *p;
-	static const char *sp,
+	char *p;
+	const char *sp,
 			   *ep;
 	unsigned char final[MD5_SIZE];
 	int			sl,