diff --git a/dlls/ws2_32/async.c b/dlls/ws2_32/async.c
index fccca26dd5f..93615f8ba8b 100644
--- a/dlls/ws2_32/async.c
+++ b/dlls/ws2_32/async.c
@@ -53,16 +53,6 @@
 WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(winsock);
 
 
-/* critical section to protect some non-reentrant net function */
-CRITICAL_SECTION csWSgetXXXbyYYY;
-static CRITICAL_SECTION_DEBUG critsect_debug =
-{
-    0, 0, &csWSgetXXXbyYYY,
-    { &critsect_debug.ProcessLocksList, &critsect_debug.ProcessLocksList },
-      0, 0, { (DWORD_PTR)(__FILE__ ": csWSgetXXXbyYYY") }
-};
-CRITICAL_SECTION csWSgetXXXbyYYY = { &critsect_debug, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
-
 #define AQ_WIN16	0x00
 #define AQ_WIN32	0x04
 #define HB_WIN32(hb) (hb->query.flags & AQ_WIN32)
diff --git a/dlls/ws2_32/socket.c b/dlls/ws2_32/socket.c
index 4462a9ab93c..6c78210c8b3 100644
--- a/dlls/ws2_32/socket.c
+++ b/dlls/ws2_32/socket.c
@@ -168,7 +168,14 @@
 WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(winsock);
 
 /* critical section to protect some non-reentrant net function */
-extern CRITICAL_SECTION csWSgetXXXbyYYY;
+static CRITICAL_SECTION csWSgetXXXbyYYY;
+static CRITICAL_SECTION_DEBUG critsect_debug =
+{
+    0, 0, &csWSgetXXXbyYYY,
+    { &critsect_debug.ProcessLocksList, &critsect_debug.ProcessLocksList },
+      0, 0, { (DWORD_PTR)(__FILE__ ": csWSgetXXXbyYYY") }
+};
+static CRITICAL_SECTION csWSgetXXXbyYYY = { &critsect_debug, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
 
 union generic_unix_sockaddr
 {