diff --git a/src/registry/registerRecordDeviceDriver.pl b/src/registry/registerRecordDeviceDriver.pl
index 66b449152..ad7914b95 100755
--- a/src/registry/registerRecordDeviceDriver.pl
+++ b/src/registry/registerRecordDeviceDriver.pl
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ class IoccrfReg {
     IoccrfReg() { iocshRegister(&registerRecordDeviceDriverFuncDef,registerRecordDeviceDriverCallFunc);}
 };
 #if !defined(__GNUC__) || !(__GNUC__<2 || (__GNUC__==2 && __GNUC_MINOR__<=95))
-namespace { IoccrfReg iocshReg; }
+namespace {
+#endif
+IoccrfReg iocshReg;
+#if !defined(__GNUC__) || !(__GNUC__<2 || (__GNUC__==2 && __GNUC_MINOR__<=95))
+}
 #endif
 END