diff --git a/FreeRTOS/Demo/CORTEX_M3_MPS2_QEMU_GCC/main_full.c b/FreeRTOS/Demo/CORTEX_M3_MPS2_QEMU_GCC/main_full.c
index 634fa1e37d..c6765e901b 100644
--- a/FreeRTOS/Demo/CORTEX_M3_MPS2_QEMU_GCC/main_full.c
+++ b/FreeRTOS/Demo/CORTEX_M3_MPS2_QEMU_GCC/main_full.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static void prvReloadModeTestTimerCallback( TimerHandle_t xTimer );
 /* The variable into which error messages are latched. */
 static char * pcStatusMessage = "OK: No errors";
 
-int xErrorCount = 1;
+static int xErrorCount = 1;
 
 
 /* This semaphore is created purely to test using the vSemaphoreDelete() and