diff --git a/library/core/src/num/dec2flt/table.rs b/library/core/src/num/dec2flt/table.rs
index 1bd94ffa04e0e..97b497e81e070 100644
--- a/library/core/src/num/dec2flt/table.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/num/dec2flt/table.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pub const MIN_E: i16 = -305;
 pub const MAX_E: i16 = 305;
 
 #[rustfmt::skip]
-pub const POWERS: ([u64; 611], [i16; 611]) = (
+pub static POWERS: ([u64; 611], [i16; 611]) = (
     [
         0xe0b62e2929aba83c,
         0x8c71dcd9ba0b4926,
diff --git a/src/etc/dec2flt_table.py b/src/etc/dec2flt_table.py
index 9bbcaf7c4cc49..ad2292e857186 100755
--- a/src/etc/dec2flt_table.py
+++ b/src/etc/dec2flt_table.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def print_proper_powers():
     print()
     print("#[rustfmt::skip]")
     typ = "([u64; {0}], [i16; {0}])".format(len(powers))
-    print("pub const POWERS: ", typ, " = (", sep='')
+    print("pub static POWERS: ", typ, " = (", sep='')
     print("    [")
     for z in powers:
         print("        0x{:x},".format(z.sig))