diff --git a/src/ruby/ext/grpc/rb_grpc.c b/src/ruby/ext/grpc/rb_grpc.c
index 4896323bc02..01c4777d800 100644
--- a/src/ruby/ext/grpc/rb_grpc.c
+++ b/src/ruby/ext/grpc/rb_grpc.c
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ void Init_grpc_c() {
   grpc_rb_mGrpcCore = rb_define_module_under(grpc_rb_mGRPC, "Core");
   grpc_rb_sNewServerRpc = rb_struct_define(
       "NewServerRpc", "method", "host", "deadline", "metadata", "call", NULL);
+  rb_global_variable(&grpc_rb_sStatus);
   grpc_rb_sStatus = rb_const_get(rb_cStruct, rb_intern("Status"));
   sym_code = ID2SYM(rb_intern("code"));
   sym_details = ID2SYM(rb_intern("details"));