diff --git a/oam/oamcpp/liboamcpp.cpp b/oam/oamcpp/liboamcpp.cpp
index a8a9bfd3d..7ce05e2d9 100644
--- a/oam/oamcpp/liboamcpp.cpp
+++ b/oam/oamcpp/liboamcpp.cpp
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ using namespace oam;
 using namespace logging;
 using namespace BRM;
 
-string tmpdir;
-
 namespace oam
 {
 // flag to tell us ctrl-c was hit
diff --git a/oam/oamcpp/liboamcpp.h b/oam/oamcpp/liboamcpp.h
index cc2f620ca..39e2a51de 100644
--- a/oam/oamcpp/liboamcpp.h
+++ b/oam/oamcpp/liboamcpp.h
@@ -2521,6 +2521,7 @@ private:
      */
     void sendStatusUpdate(messageqcpp::ByteStream obs, messageqcpp::ByteStream::byte returnRequestType);
 
+	std::string tmpdir;
     std::string CalpontConfigFile;
     std::string AlarmConfigFile;
     std::string ProcessConfigFile;