diff --git a/cogl/cogl-memory-stack.c b/cogl/cogl-memory-stack.c
index 5a939ec86..826a8922a 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl-memory-stack.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl-memory-stack.c
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ struct _CoglMemorySubStack
   uint8_t *data;
 };
 
-typedef struct _CoglMemoryStack
+struct _CoglMemoryStack
 {
   CoglMemorySubStackList sub_stacks;
 
   CoglMemorySubStack *sub_stack;
   size_t sub_stack_offset;
-} CoglMemoryStack;
+};
 
 static CoglMemorySubStack *
 _cogl_memory_sub_stack_alloc (size_t bytes)