diff --git a/include/mbedtls/platform.h b/include/mbedtls/platform.h
index bba770911..9d9c5293e 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/platform.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/platform.h
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #else
 /* For size_t */
 #include <stddef.h>
-extern void * (*mbedtls_calloc)( size_t n, size_t size );
-extern void (*mbedtls_free)( void *ptr );
+extern void *mbedtls_calloc( size_t n, size_t size );
+extern void mbedtls_free( void *ptr );
 
 /**
  * \brief               This function dynamically sets the memory-management
diff --git a/library/platform.c b/library/platform.c
index 9e992875d..b24b2fa65 100644
--- a/library/platform.c
+++ b/library/platform.c
@@ -51,14 +51,24 @@ static void platform_free_uninit( void *ptr )
 #define MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_STD_FREE     platform_free_uninit
 #endif /* !MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_STD_FREE */
 
-void * (*mbedtls_calloc)( size_t, size_t ) = MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_STD_CALLOC;
-void (*mbedtls_free)( void * )     = MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_STD_FREE;
+static void * (*mbedtls_calloc_func)( size_t, size_t ) = MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_STD_CALLOC;
+static void (*mbedtls_free_func)( void * ) = MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_STD_FREE;
+
+void * mbedtls_calloc( size_t nmemb, size_t size )
+{
+    return (*mbedtls_calloc_func)( nmemb, size );
+}
+
+void mbedtls_free( void * ptr )
+{
+    (*mbedtls_free_func)( ptr );
+}
 
 int mbedtls_platform_set_calloc_free( void * (*calloc_func)( size_t, size_t ),
                               void (*free_func)( void * ) )
 {
-    mbedtls_calloc = calloc_func;
-    mbedtls_free = free_func;
+    mbedtls_calloc_func = calloc_func;
+    mbedtls_free_func = free_func;
     return( 0 );
 }
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_MEMORY */