diff --git a/Grid/communicator/SharedMemory.cc b/Grid/communicator/SharedMemory.cc
index e23563ef..5bca9764 100644
--- a/Grid/communicator/SharedMemory.cc
+++ b/Grid/communicator/SharedMemory.cc
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ NAMESPACE_BEGIN(Grid);
 
 // static data
 
+int                 GlobalSharedMemory::HPEhypercube = 1;
 uint64_t            GlobalSharedMemory::MAX_MPI_SHM_BYTES   = 1024LL*1024LL*1024LL; 
 int                 GlobalSharedMemory::Hugepages = 0;
 int                 GlobalSharedMemory::_ShmSetup;
diff --git a/Grid/communicator/SharedMemoryMPI.cc b/Grid/communicator/SharedMemoryMPI.cc
index 512822ab..b2896bda 100644
--- a/Grid/communicator/SharedMemoryMPI.cc
+++ b/Grid/communicator/SharedMemoryMPI.cc
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ Author: Peter Boyle <paboyle@ph.ed.ac.uk>
 NAMESPACE_BEGIN(Grid); 
 #define header "SharedMemoryMpi: "
 /*Construct from an MPI communicator*/
-int GlobalSharedMemory::HPEhypercube = 1;
 void GlobalSharedMemory::Init(Grid_MPI_Comm comm)
 {
   assert(_ShmSetup==0);