diff --git a/libmp3hip/python/src/hipmodule.c b/libmp3hip/python/src/hipmodule.c

index 5ad7e14..23786ec 100644

--- a/libmp3hip/python/src/hipmodule.c

+++ b/libmp3hip/python/src/hipmodule.c

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@

 #include "hipmodule.h"

+PyObject *Py_HIPError;

+

 static PyMethodDef hip_methods[] = {

   {"hip", py_hip_new, 

    METH_VARARGS, py_hip_doc},

diff --git a/libmp3hip/python/src/hipmodule.h b/libmp3hip/python/src/hipmodule.h

index a5eae76..959f3a8 100644

--- a/libmp3hip/python/src/hipmodule.h

+++ b/libmp3hip/python/src/hipmodule.h

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@

 #define MSG_SIZE 256

-PyObject *Py_HIPError;

-

 /* Object docstrings */

 extern char py_hip_doc[];