diff --git a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/include/rocm_smi/rocm_smi_device.h b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/include/rocm_smi/rocm_smi_device.h
index d00d037178..627af3625b 100644
--- a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/include/rocm_smi/rocm_smi_device.h
+++ b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/include/rocm_smi/rocm_smi_device.h
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class Device {
     rsmi_status_t dev_log_gpu_metrics(std::ostringstream& outstream_metrics);
     AMGpuMetricsPublicLatestTupl_t dev_copy_internal_to_external_metrics();
 
-    static const std::map<DevInfoTypes, const char*> devInfoTypesStrings;
+
     void set_smi_device_id(uint32_t i) { m_device_id = i; }
     void set_smi_partition_id(uint32_t i) { m_partition_id = i; }
     static const char* get_type_string(DevInfoTypes type);
diff --git a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/src/rocm_smi.cc b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/src/rocm_smi.cc
index e7e2151bec..190fcb8366 100644
--- a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/src/rocm_smi.cc
+++ b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/src/rocm_smi.cc
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ using amd::smi::monitorTypesToString;
 using amd::smi::getRSMIStatusString;
 using amd::smi::AMDGpuMetricsUnitType_t;
 using amd::smi::AMDGpuMetricTypeId_t;
-auto &devInfoTypesStrings = amd::smi::Device::devInfoTypesStrings;
 
 static const uint32_t kMaxOverdriveLevel = 20;
 static const float kEnergyCounterResolution = 15.3F;
diff --git a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/src/rocm_smi_device.cc b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/src/rocm_smi_device.cc
index cf8cbf7ced..c03166b150 100644
--- a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/src/rocm_smi_device.cc
+++ b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/src/rocm_smi_device.cc
@@ -379,8 +379,7 @@ static const std::map<DevInfoTypes, uint8_t> kDevInfoVarTypeToRSMIVariant = {
     {kDevDFCountersAvailable, RSMI_EVNT_GRP_XGMI}
 };
 
-const std::map<DevInfoTypes, const char*>
-Device::devInfoTypesStrings = {
+static const std::map<DevInfoTypes, const char*> devInfoTypesStrings = {
   {kDevPerfLevel, "kDevPerfLevel"},
   {kDevOverDriveLevel, "kDevOverDriveLevel"},
   {kDevMemOverDriveLevel, "kDevMemOverDriveLevel"},