diff --git a/src/or/networkstatus.c b/src/or/networkstatus.c
index 49ff12bd6c..508cf6c5b6 100644
--- a/src/or/networkstatus.c
+++ b/src/or/networkstatus.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ router_reload_consensus_networkstatus(void)
 }
 
 /** Free all storage held by the vote_routerstatus object <b>rs</b>. */
-STATIC void
+void
 vote_routerstatus_free(vote_routerstatus_t *rs)
 {
   vote_microdesc_hash_t *h, *next;
diff --git a/src/or/networkstatus.h b/src/or/networkstatus.h
index edf2dc7b7a..66cd84c88e 100644
--- a/src/or/networkstatus.h
+++ b/src/or/networkstatus.h
@@ -132,8 +132,9 @@ document_signature_t *document_signature_dup(const document_signature_t *sig);
 void networkstatus_free_all(void);
 int networkstatus_get_weight_scale_param(networkstatus_t *ns);
 
+void vote_routerstatus_free(vote_routerstatus_t *rs);
+
 #ifdef NETWORKSTATUS_PRIVATE
-STATIC void vote_routerstatus_free(vote_routerstatus_t *rs);
 #ifdef TOR_UNIT_TESTS
 STATIC int networkstatus_set_current_consensus_from_ns(networkstatus_t *c,
                                                 const char *flavor);
diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/fuzz_vrs.c b/src/test/fuzz/fuzz_vrs.c
index 406a4de5f3..d2c0369f27 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/fuzz_vrs.c
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/fuzz_vrs.c
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ fuzz_cleanup(void)
 int
 fuzz_main(const uint8_t *data, size_t sz)
 {
-  char *str = tor_memdup_nulterm(data, sz), *s;
+  char *str = tor_memdup_nulterm(data, sz);
+  const char *s;
   routerstatus_t *rs_ns = NULL, *rs_md = NULL, *rs_vote = NULL;
   vote_routerstatus_t *vrs = tor_malloc_zero(sizeof(*vrs));
   smartlist_t *tokens = smartlist_new();