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[];