diff --git a/lib/modules/Protocols.pmod/HTTP.pmod/Query.pike b/lib/modules/Protocols.pmod/HTTP.pmod/Query.pike
index 8c0f11bf9477fcac511881cf76f04cee3db9c2d6..51193c9e594e0a230e775e84ed5848da6ffe8458 100644
--- a/lib/modules/Protocols.pmod/HTTP.pmod/Query.pike
+++ b/lib/modules/Protocols.pmod/HTTP.pmod/Query.pike
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ int datapos;
 object conthread;
 #endif
 
-function request_ok,request_fail;
+local function request_ok,request_fail;
 array extra_args;
 
 /****** internal stuff *********************************************/