diff --git a/shell/browser/ui/cocoa/electron_menu_controller.h b/shell/browser/ui/cocoa/electron_menu_controller.h
index a821f0b12be61..c6153ce0bc06b 100644
--- a/shell/browser/ui/cocoa/electron_menu_controller.h
+++ b/shell/browser/ui/cocoa/electron_menu_controller.h
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ class ElectronMenuModel;
  @protected
   base::WeakPtr<electron::ElectronMenuModel> model_;
   NSMenu* __strong menu_;
-  NSMenuItem* __strong recentDocumentsMenuItem_;
-  NSMenu* __strong recentDocumentsMenuSwap_;
   BOOL isMenuOpen_;
   BOOL useDefaultAccelerator_;
   base::OnceClosure closeCallback;
diff --git a/shell/browser/ui/cocoa/electron_menu_controller.mm b/shell/browser/ui/cocoa/electron_menu_controller.mm
index c1546b7b28162..084424a2e4bcd 100644
--- a/shell/browser/ui/cocoa/electron_menu_controller.mm
+++ b/shell/browser/ui/cocoa/electron_menu_controller.mm
@@ -31,10 +31,14 @@
 
 namespace {
 
+static NSMenuItem* __strong recentDocumentsMenuItem_;
+static NSMenu* __strong recentDocumentsMenuSwap_;
+
 struct Role {
   SEL selector;
   const char* role;
 };
+
 Role kRolesMap[] = {
     {@selector(orderFrontStandardAboutPanel:), "about"},
     {@selector(hide:), "hide"},