diff --git a/include/haproxy/bug.h b/include/haproxy/bug.h
index 84dabd909..5db3f15b6 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/bug.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/bug.h
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ struct mem_stats {
 		.file = __FILE__, .line = __LINE__,			\
 		.type = MEM_STATS_TYPE_CALLOC,				\
 	};								\
-	HA_GLOBL("__start_mem_stats");					\
-	HA_GLOBL("__stop_mem_stats");					\
+	HA_WEAK("__start_mem_stats");					\
+	HA_WEAK("__stop_mem_stats");					\
 	_HA_ATOMIC_INC(&_.calls);					\
 	_HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&_.size, __x * __y);				\
 	calloc(__x,__y);						\
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ struct mem_stats {
 		.file = __FILE__, .line = __LINE__,			\
 		.type = MEM_STATS_TYPE_FREE,				\
 	};								\
-	HA_GLOBL("__start_mem_stats");					\
-	HA_GLOBL("__stop_mem_stats");					\
+	HA_WEAK("__start_mem_stats");					\
+	HA_WEAK("__stop_mem_stats");					\
 	if (__x)							\
 		_HA_ATOMIC_INC(&_.calls);				\
 	free(__x);							\
@@ -265,8 +265,8 @@ struct mem_stats {
 		.file = __FILE__, .line = __LINE__,			\
 		.type = MEM_STATS_TYPE_FREE,				\
 	};								\
-	HA_GLOBL("__start_mem_stats");					\
-	HA_GLOBL("__stop_mem_stats");					\
+	HA_WEAK("__start_mem_stats");					\
+	HA_WEAK("__stop_mem_stats");					\
 	if (__builtin_constant_p((x)) || __builtin_constant_p(*(x))) {  \
 		HA_LINK_ERROR(call_to_ha_free_attempts_to_free_a_constant); \
 	}								\
@@ -283,8 +283,8 @@ struct mem_stats {
 		.file = __FILE__, .line = __LINE__,			\
 		.type = MEM_STATS_TYPE_MALLOC,				\
 	};								\
-	HA_GLOBL("__start_mem_stats");					\
-	HA_GLOBL("__stop_mem_stats");					\
+	HA_WEAK("__start_mem_stats");					\
+	HA_WEAK("__stop_mem_stats");					\
 	_HA_ATOMIC_INC(&_.calls);					\
 	_HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&_.size, __x);					\
 	malloc(__x);							\
@@ -297,8 +297,8 @@ struct mem_stats {
 		.file = __FILE__, .line = __LINE__,			\
 		.type = MEM_STATS_TYPE_REALLOC,				\
 	};								\
-	HA_GLOBL("__start_mem_stats");					\
-	HA_GLOBL("__stop_mem_stats");					\
+	HA_WEAK("__start_mem_stats");					\
+	HA_WEAK("__stop_mem_stats");					\
 	_HA_ATOMIC_INC(&_.calls);					\
 	_HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&_.size, __y);					\
 	realloc(__x,__y);						\
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ struct mem_stats {
 		.file = __FILE__, .line = __LINE__,			\
 		.type = MEM_STATS_TYPE_STRDUP,				\
 	};								\
-	HA_GLOBL("__start_mem_stats");					\
-	HA_GLOBL("__stop_mem_stats");					\
+	HA_WEAK("__start_mem_stats");					\
+	HA_WEAK("__stop_mem_stats");					\
 	_HA_ATOMIC_INC(&_.calls);					\
 	_HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&_.size, __y);					\
 	strdup(__x);							\
diff --git a/include/haproxy/compiler.h b/include/haproxy/compiler.h
index 4859d1301..a23e62a21 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/compiler.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/compiler.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 
 #endif // USE_OBSOLETE_LINKER
 
-/* Declare a symbol as global and if possible, as weak. Since we don't want to
+/* Declare a symbol as weak if possible, otherwise global. Since we don't want to
  * error on multiple definitions, the symbol is declared weak. On MacOS ".weak"
  * does not exist and we must continue to use ".globl" instead. Note that
  * ".global" is to be avoided on other platforms as llvm complains about it
@@ -97,11 +97,15 @@
  * anyway (and most likely it will only work with !USE_OBSOLETE_LINKER).
  */
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
-#  define __HA_GLOBL(sym)   __asm__(".globl " #sym)
+#  define __HA_WEAK(sym)   __asm__(".globl " #sym)
 #else
-#  define __HA_GLOBL(sym)   __asm__(".weak " #sym)
+#  define __HA_WEAK(sym)   __asm__(".weak " #sym)
 #endif
-#define HA_GLOBL(sym)    __HA_GLOBL(sym)
+#define HA_WEAK(sym)    __HA_WEAK(sym)
+
+/* declare a symbol as global */
+#define __HA_GLOBL(sym)   __asm__(".globl " #sym)
+#define HA_GLOBL(sym)     __HA_GLOBL(sym)
 
 /* use this attribute on a variable to move it to the read_mostly section */
 #if !defined(__read_mostly)