diff --git a/includes/view.inc b/includes/view.inc
index 9c29efe..9cbb5b4 100644
--- a/includes/view.inc
+++ b/includes/view.inc
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class view extends views_db_object {
    * @var string
    */
   var $current_display;
-  
+
   /**
    * Constructor
    */
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ class view extends views_db_object {
    *  If TRUE, reset this entry in the load cache.
    * @return A view object or NULL if it was not available.
    */
-  function &load($arg, $reset = FALSE) {
+  public static function &load($arg, $reset = FALSE) {
     static $cache = array();
 
     // We want a NULL value to return TRUE here, so we can't use isset() or empty().