diff --git a/lib/c-api/src/wasm_c_api/types/global.rs b/lib/c-api/src/wasm_c_api/types/global.rs
index 2195933334c..1b202ad8473 100644
--- a/lib/c-api/src/wasm_c_api/types/global.rs
+++ b/lib/c-api/src/wasm_c_api/types/global.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ impl wasm_globaltype_t {
     }
 }
 
-wasm_declare_vec!(globaltype);
+wasm_declare_boxed_vec!(globaltype);
 
 #[no_mangle]
 pub unsafe extern "C" fn wasm_globaltype_new(