diff --git a/cde/programs/dtappbuilder/src/libABil/bil_store.c b/cde/programs/dtappbuilder/src/libABil/bil_store.c
index c70771b65..6dff90266 100644
--- a/cde/programs/dtappbuilder/src/libABil/bil_store.c
+++ b/cde/programs/dtappbuilder/src/libABil/bil_store.c
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ bil_get_filename(
     ABObj module
 )
 {
-    char	proj_dir[MAXPATHLEN]= "", 
+    static char	proj_dir[MAXPATHLEN]= "", 
 		module_dir[MAXPATHLEN]= "",
     		module_file[MAXPATHLEN]= "";
     STRING	proj_fullpath, mod_fullpath;