diff --git a/dlls/msi/action.c b/dlls/msi/action.c
index 8ae9dce57ad..9407d365202 100644
--- a/dlls/msi/action.c
+++ b/dlls/msi/action.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ static const WCHAR szINSTALL[] =
 
 static INT ui_actionstart(MSIPACKAGE *package, LPCWSTR action, LPCWSTR description, LPCWSTR template)
 {
-    WCHAR query[] = {'S','E','L','E','C','T',' ','*',' ','F','R','O','M',' ',
+    static const WCHAR query[] = {'S','E','L','E','C','T',' ','*',' ','F','R','O','M',' ',
         '`','A','c','t','i','o','n','T','e','x','t','`',' ','W','H','E','R','E',' ',
         '`','A','c','t','i','o','n','`',' ','=',' ','\'','%','s','\'',0};
     MSIRECORD *row, *textrow;
@@ -3546,7 +3546,7 @@ static WCHAR *build_full_keypath( MSIPACKAGE *package, MSICOMPONENT *comp )
 {
     if (comp->assembly)
     {
-        const WCHAR prefixW[] = {'<','\\',0};
+        static const WCHAR prefixW[] = {'<','\\',0};
         DWORD len = strlenW( prefixW ) + strlenW( comp->assembly->display_name );
         WCHAR *keypath = msi_alloc( (len + 1) * sizeof(WCHAR) );
 
diff --git a/dlls/msi/database.c b/dlls/msi/database.c
index c1fb37b5832..b8ec39322be 100644
--- a/dlls/msi/database.c
+++ b/dlls/msi/database.c
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@ static LPWSTR get_key_value(MSIQUERY *view, LPCWSTR key, MSIRECORD *rec)
     if (MSI_RecordGetString(rec, i))  /* check record field is a string */
     {
         /* quote string record fields */
-        const WCHAR szQuote[] = {'\'', 0};
+        static const WCHAR szQuote[] = {'\'', 0};
         sz += 2;
         val = msi_alloc(sz*sizeof(WCHAR));
         if (!val)