diff --git a/src/Krylov.jl b/src/Krylov.jl
index 1b57f5caa..73c1dc7b6 100644
--- a/src/Krylov.jl
+++ b/src/Krylov.jl
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ module Krylov
 
 using LinearAlgebra, SparseArrays, Printf
 
+@static if !isdefined(Base, :get_extension)
+    using Requires
+end
+
 include("krylov_utils.jl")
 include("krylov_stats.jl")
 include("krylov_solvers.jl")
@@ -53,10 +57,8 @@ include("craigmr.jl")
 
 include("krylov_solve.jl")
 
-# This symbol is only defined on Julia versions that support extensions
-@static if !isdefined(Base, :get_extension)
-    using Requires
-    function __init__()
+function __init__()
+    @static if !isdefined(Base, :get_extension)
         @require StaticArrays = "90137ffa-7385-5640-81b9-e52037218182" include("../ext/KrylovStaticArraysExt.jl")
     end
 end