diff --git a/src/audio/external.c b/src/audio/external.c
index e92f7b4fd..4aca76320 100644
--- a/src/audio/external.c
+++ b/src/audio/external.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "external.h"
 #include "playback.h"
 #include "synthesis.h"
+#include "game/main.h"
 #include "game/level_update.h"
 #include "game/object_list_processor.h"
 #include "game/camera.h"
@@ -579,8 +580,6 @@ void func_eu_802e9bec(s32 player, s32 channel, s32 arg2) {
 
 #else
 
-extern s8 sAudioEnabled;
-
 /**
  * Called from threads: thread4_sound
  */
@@ -651,7 +650,7 @@ struct SPTask *create_next_audio_frame_task(void) {
     // For the function to match we have to preserve some arbitrary variable
     // across this function call.
     flags = 0;
-    if (sAudioEnabled)
+    if (gAudioEnabled)
     {
         gAudioCmd = synthesis_execute(gAudioCmd, &writtenCmds, gCurrAiBuffer, gAiBufferLengths[index]);
         gAudioRandom = ((gAudioRandom + gAudioFrameCount) * gAudioFrameCount);
diff --git a/src/boot/main.c b/src/boot/main.c
index 7b60c9bac..7761f07aa 100644
--- a/src/boot/main.c
+++ b/src/boot/main.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ struct SPTask        *sCurrentAudioSPTask   = NULL;
 struct SPTask        *sCurrentDisplaySPTask = NULL;
 struct SPTask        *sNextAudioSPTask      = NULL;
 struct SPTask        *sNextDisplaySPTask    = NULL;
-s8  sAudioEnabled      = TRUE;
+s8  gAudioEnabled      = TRUE;
 u32 gNumVblanks        = 0;
 s8  gResetTimer        = 0;
 s8  gNmiResetBarsTimer = 0;
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ void handle_vblank(void) {
         if (gActiveSPTask != NULL) {
             interrupt_gfx_sptask();
         } else {
-            if (sAudioEnabled) {
+            if (gAudioEnabled) {
                 start_sptask(M_AUDTASK);
             } else {
                 pretend_audio_sptask_done();
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ void handle_sp_complete(void) {
         }
 
         // Start the audio task, as expected by handle_vblank.
-        if (sAudioEnabled) {
+        if (gAudioEnabled) {
             start_sptask(M_AUDTASK);
         } else {
             pretend_audio_sptask_done();
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ void send_sp_task_message(OSMesg *msg) {
 }
 
 void dispatch_audio_sptask(struct SPTask *spTask) {
-    if (sAudioEnabled && spTask != NULL) {
+    if (gAudioEnabled && spTask != NULL) {
         osWritebackDCacheAll();
         osSendMesg(&gSPTaskMesgQueue, spTask, OS_MESG_NOBLOCK);
     }
@@ -396,11 +396,11 @@ void exec_display_list(struct SPTask *spTask) {
 }
 
 void turn_on_audio(void) {
-    sAudioEnabled = TRUE;
+    gAudioEnabled = TRUE;
 }
 
 void turn_off_audio(void) {
-    sAudioEnabled = FALSE;
+    gAudioEnabled = FALSE;
     while (sCurrentAudioSPTask != NULL) {
         ;
     }
diff --git a/src/game/main.h b/src/game/main.h
index 9f68028e7..f42762c93 100644
--- a/src/game/main.h
+++ b/src/game/main.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ extern struct RumbleSettings gCurrRumbleSettings;
 extern struct VblankHandler *gVblankHandler1;
 extern struct VblankHandler *gVblankHandler2;
 extern struct SPTask *gActiveSPTask;
+extern s8 gAudioEnabled;
 extern u32 gNumVblanks;
 extern s8 gResetTimer;
 extern s8 gNmiResetBarsTimer;