diff --git a/ui/cocoa.m b/ui/cocoa.m
index c88149852b..a66ba3d7b6 100644
--- a/ui/cocoa.m
+++ b/ui/cocoa.m
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ QemuCocoaView *cocoaView;
 
     /* translates Macintosh keycodes to QEMU's keysym */
 
-    int without_control_translation[] = {
+    static const int without_control_translation[] = {
         [0 ... 0xff] = 0,   // invalid key
 
         [kVK_UpArrow]       = QEMU_KEY_UP,
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ QemuCocoaView *cocoaView;
         [kVK_Delete]        = QEMU_KEY_BACKSPACE,
     };
 
-    int with_control_translation[] = {
+    static const int with_control_translation[] = {
         [0 ... 0xff] = 0,   // invalid key
 
         [kVK_UpArrow]       = QEMU_KEY_CTRL_UP,