diff --git a/tools/tiff2rgba.c b/tools/tiff2rgba.c
index ef643653..fbc383aa 100644
--- a/tools/tiff2rgba.c
+++ b/tools/tiff2rgba.c
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ tiffcvt(TIFF* in, TIFF* out)
             return( cvt_whole_image( in, out ) );
 }
 
-const static char* stuff[] = {
+static const char* stuff[] = {
     "usage: tiff2rgba [-c comp] [-r rows] [-b] [-n] [-8] input... output",
     "where comp is one of the following compression algorithms:",
     " jpeg\t\tJPEG encoding",