diff --git a/src/CutAndPaste.cpp b/src/CutAndPaste.cpp
index b996d8aa3e..b0af8753cc 100644
--- a/src/CutAndPaste.cpp
+++ b/src/CutAndPaste.cpp
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ void putClipboard(ParagraphList const & paragraphs,
 	// to be so, but the alternative is to construct a new one of these (with a
 	// new temporary directory, etc) every time, and then to destroy it. So maybe
 	// it's worth just keeping this one around.
-	Buffer * staticbuffer = theBufferList().newInternalBuffer(
+	static Buffer * staticbuffer = theBufferList().newInternalBuffer(
 		FileName::tempName("clipboard.internal").absFileName());
 
 	// These two things only really need doing the first time.