diff --git a/testsuites/validation/tc-task-construct.c b/testsuites/validation/tc-task-construct.c
index 61e4b9cf4d..9110249b03 100644
--- a/testsuites/validation/tc-task-construct.c
+++ b/testsuites/validation/tc-task-construct.c
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ static const char * const * const RtemsTaskReqConstruct_PreDesc[] = {
 
 typedef RtemsTaskReqConstruct_Context Context;
 
-_Thread_local static volatile int tls_object;
+static _Thread_local volatile int tls_object;
 
 #define MAX_TLS_SIZE RTEMS_ALIGN_UP( 128, RTEMS_TASK_STORAGE_ALIGNMENT )
 
diff --git a/testsuites/validation/tr-fatal-too-large-tls-size.c b/testsuites/validation/tr-fatal-too-large-tls-size.c
index b4660b4132..46e0808e9b 100644
--- a/testsuites/validation/tr-fatal-too-large-tls-size.c
+++ b/testsuites/validation/tr-fatal-too-large-tls-size.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ typedef struct {
 static AcfgValFatalTooLargeTlsSize_Context
   AcfgValFatalTooLargeTlsSize_Instance;
 
-_Thread_local static volatile uint8_t large_tls_object[ RTEMS_TASK_STORAGE_ALIGNMENT + 1 ];
+static _Thread_local volatile uint8_t large_tls_object[ RTEMS_TASK_STORAGE_ALIGNMENT + 1 ];
 
 static volatile bool shall_not_load_the_value;