diff --git a/lib/src/common/crash_handler.cc b/lib/src/common/crash_handler.cc
index 432e0e9d5..0941daba8 100644
--- a/lib/src/common/crash_handler.cc
+++ b/lib/src/common/crash_handler.cc
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 using namespace backward;
 void srsran_debug_handle_crash(int argc, char** argv)
 {
-  backward::SignalHandling sh;
+  static backward::SignalHandling sh;
 }
 #else // HAVE_BACKWARD
 #include "srsran/common/backtrace.h"