diff --git a/lib/libzfs/os/freebsd/libzfs_compat.c b/lib/libzfs/os/freebsd/libzfs_compat.c
index 2de90c7ceea5..0e8a3b12176b 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/os/freebsd/libzfs_compat.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/os/freebsd/libzfs_compat.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ execvpe(const char *name, char * const argv[], char * const envp[])
 
 #define	ERRBUFLEN 256
 
-__thread static char errbuf[ERRBUFLEN];
+static __thread char errbuf[ERRBUFLEN];
 
 const char *
 libzfs_error_init(int error)