diff --git a/src/workers/MultiWorker.cpp b/src/workers/MultiWorker.cpp
index f209ca76..ffa34dda 100644
--- a/src/workers/MultiWorker.cpp
+++ b/src/workers/MultiWorker.cpp
@@ -195,8 +195,10 @@ bool xmrig::MultiWorker<N>::verify2(const Algorithm &algorithm, const uint8_t *r
 }
 
 
+namespace xmrig {
+
 template<>
-bool xmrig::MultiWorker<1>::verify2(const Algorithm &algorithm, const uint8_t *referenceValue)
+bool MultiWorker<1>::verify2(const Algorithm &algorithm, const uint8_t *referenceValue)
 {
     cn_hash_fun func = m_thread->fn(algorithm);
     if (!func) {
@@ -214,6 +216,8 @@ bool xmrig::MultiWorker<1>::verify2(const Algorithm &algorithm, const uint8_t *r
     return true;
 }
 
+} // namespace xmrig
+
 
 template<size_t N>
 void xmrig::MultiWorker<N>::consumeJob()
@@ -269,5 +273,5 @@ template class MultiWorker<3>;
 template class MultiWorker<4>;
 template class MultiWorker<5>;
 
-}
+} // namespace xmrig