diff --git a/src/nxt_runtime.c b/src/nxt_runtime.c
index 5fa4443d..d6b7c650 100644
--- a/src/nxt_runtime.c
+++ b/src/nxt_runtime.c
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ nxt_runtime_conf_read_cmd(nxt_task_t *task, nxt_runtime_t *rt)
     nxt_sockaddr_t  *sa;
     u_char          buf[1024];
 
-    const static char  version[] =
+    static const char  version[] =
         "nginext version: " NXT_VERSION "\n"
         "configured as ./configure" NXT_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS "\n";