diff --git a/bench/sequential/ndes/ndes.c b/bench/sequential/ndes/ndes.c
index ba82e53c3d65c39638b5a8107c037293b5fff0fd..1e3e7d37f8ec9e21da9d163af5c399e7d8f4b73e 100755
--- a/bench/sequential/ndes/ndes.c
+++ b/bench/sequential/ndes/ndes.c
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@ int main( void );
 void ndes_init()
 {
   unsigned int i;
-  volatile char ndes_ipc1_tmp[ 57 ] = {
+  static volatile char ndes_ipc1_tmp[ 57 ] = {
     0, 57, 49, 41, 33, 25, 17, 9, 1, 58, 50,
     42, 34, 26, 18, 10, 2, 59, 51, 43, 35, 27, 19, 11, 3, 60,
     52, 44, 36, 63, 55, 47, 39, 31, 23, 15, 7, 62, 54, 46, 38,
     30, 22, 14, 6, 61, 53, 45, 37, 29, 21, 13, 5, 28, 20, 12, 4
   };
-  volatile char ndes_ipc2_tmp[ 49 ] = {
+  static volatile char ndes_ipc2_tmp[ 49 ] = {
     0, 14, 17, 11, 24, 1, 5, 3, 28, 15, 6, 21,
     10, 23, 19, 12, 4, 26, 8, 16, 7, 27, 20, 13, 2, 41, 52, 31,
     37, 47, 55, 30, 40, 51, 45, 33, 48, 44, 49, 39, 56, 34,
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ void ndes_init()
 void ndes_des( ndes_immense inp, ndes_immense key, int *newkey, int isw,
                ndes_immense *out )
 {
-  volatile char ip[ 65 ] = {
+  static volatile char ip[ 65 ] = {
     0, 58, 50, 42, 34, 26, 18, 10, 2, 60, 52, 44, 36,
     28, 20, 12, 4, 62, 54, 46, 38, 30, 22, 14, 6, 64, 56, 48, 40,
     32, 24, 16, 8, 57, 49, 41, 33, 25, 17, 9, 1, 59, 51, 43, 35,
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ void ndes_des( ndes_immense inp, ndes_immense key, int *newkey, int isw,
     31, 23, 15, 7
   };
 
-  volatile char ipm[ 65 ] = {
+  static volatile char ipm[ 65 ] = {
     0, 40, 8, 48, 16, 56, 24, 64, 32, 39, 7, 47, 15,
     55, 23, 63, 31, 38, 6, 46, 14, 54, 22, 62, 30, 37, 5, 45, 13,
     53, 21, 61, 29, 36, 4, 44, 12, 52, 20, 60, 28, 35, 3, 43, 11,
@@ -187,16 +187,16 @@ void ndes_des( ndes_immense inp, ndes_immense key, int *newkey, int isw,
 
 void ndes_cyfun( unsigned long ir, ndes_great k, unsigned long *iout )
 {
-  volatile long iet[ 49 ] = {0, 32, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 8, 9,
+  static volatile long iet[ 49 ] = {0, 32, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 8, 9,
                            10, 11, 12, 13, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 16, 17, 18, 19,
                            20, 21, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29,
                            28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 1
                           };
-  volatile long ipp[ 33 ] = {0, 16, 7, 20, 21, 29, 12, 28, 17, 1, 15,
+  static volatile long ipp[ 33 ] = {0, 16, 7, 20, 21, 29, 12, 28, 17, 1, 15,
                            23, 26, 5, 18, 31, 10, 2, 8, 24, 14, 32, 27, 3, 9, 19, 13,
                            30, 6, 22, 11, 4, 25
                           };
-  volatile long is[ 16 ][ 4 ][ 9 ] = {{{ 0, 14, 15, 10, 7, 2, 12, 4, 13 },
+  static volatile long is[ 16 ][ 4 ][ 9 ] = {{{ 0, 14, 15, 10, 7, 2, 12, 4, 13 },
       { 0, 0, 3, 13, 13, 14, 10, 13, 1 },
       { 0, 4, 0, 13, 10, 4, 9, 1, 7 },
       { 0, 15, 13, 1, 3, 11, 4, 6, 2 }