diff --git a/rclpy/src/rclpy/_rclpy_logging.c b/rclpy/src/rclpy/_rclpy_logging.c
index 3a8ee7d8f..b76cbe2ae 100644
--- a/rclpy/src/rclpy/_rclpy_logging.c
+++ b/rclpy/src/rclpy/_rclpy_logging.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ rclpy_logging_rcutils_log(PyObject * Py_UNUSED(self), PyObject * args)
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  RCUTILS_LOGGING_AUTOINIT
+  RCUTILS_LOGGING_AUTOINIT;
   rcutils_log_location_t logging_location = {function_name, file_name, line_number};
   rcutils_log(&logging_location, severity, name, "%s", message);
   Py_RETURN_NONE;