diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2e38038e..3bd5d10a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
 
   Fix a compiler warning when no %destructor use $$.
 
+*** Test suites
+
+  Several portability issues in tests were fixed.
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 3.0.3 (2015-01-15) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes
diff --git a/tests/actions.at b/tests/actions.at
index 7220b715..2671ca54 100644
--- a/tests/actions.at
+++ b/tests/actions.at
@@ -1530,10 +1530,13 @@ AT_DATA_GRAMMAR([[input.y]],
 
 ]AT_SKEL_CC_IF([[
 # include <iostream>
-  static void
-  report (std::ostream& yyo, int ival, float fval)
+  namespace
   {
-    yyo << "ival: " << ival << ", fval: " <<  fval;
+    void
+    report (std::ostream& yyo, int ival, float fval)
+    {
+      yyo << "ival: " << ival << ", fval: " <<  fval;
+    }
   }
 ]], [[
 # include <stdio.h>