diff --git a/code/controllers/globals.dm b/code/controllers/globals.dm
index 095e69573a..f4af3ca407 100644
--- a/code/controllers/globals.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/globals.dm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(GLOB, /datum/controller/global_vars)
 /datum/controller/global_vars
 	name = "Global Variables"
 
-	var/list/gvars_datum_protected_varlist
+	var/static/list/gvars_datum_protected_varlist
 	var/list/gvars_datum_in_built_vars
 	var/list/gvars_datum_init_order