diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/service_config_channel_arg_filter.cc b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/service_config_channel_arg_filter.cc
index e86e14246f4..639d2c0a8b5 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/service_config_channel_arg_filter.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/service_config_channel_arg_filter.cc
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ namespace {
 class ServiceConfigChannelArgFilter
     : public ImplementChannelFilter<ServiceConfigChannelArgFilter> {
  public:
+  static const grpc_channel_filter kFilter;
+
   static absl::StatusOr<ServiceConfigChannelArgFilter> Create(
       const ChannelArgs& args, ChannelFilter::Args) {
     return ServiceConfigChannelArgFilter(args);
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ void ServiceConfigChannelArgFilter::Call::OnClientInitialMetadata(
                                              method_configs);
 }
 
-const grpc_channel_filter kServiceConfigChannelArgFilter =
+const grpc_channel_filter ServiceConfigChannelArgFilter::kFilter =
     MakePromiseBasedFilter<ServiceConfigChannelArgFilter,
                            FilterEndpoint::kClient>(
         "service_config_channel_arg");
@@ -124,8 +126,8 @@ const grpc_channel_filter kServiceConfigChannelArgFilter =
 void RegisterServiceConfigChannelArgFilter(
     CoreConfiguration::Builder* builder) {
   builder->channel_init()
-      ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_CLIENT_DIRECT_CHANNEL,
-                       &kServiceConfigChannelArgFilter)
+      ->RegisterFilter<ServiceConfigChannelArgFilter>(
+          GRPC_CLIENT_DIRECT_CHANNEL)
       .ExcludeFromMinimalStack()
       .IfHasChannelArg(GRPC_ARG_SERVICE_CONFIG)
       .Before<ClientMessageSizeFilter>();