diff --git a/lib/libedit/sys.h b/lib/libedit/sys.h
index 323aebe4dafa..9b1f04031072 100644
--- a/lib/libedit/sys.h
+++ b/lib/libedit/sys.h
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 #ifndef _h_sys
 #define	_h_sys
 
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
 #ifndef public
 # define public		/* Externally visible functions/variables */
 #endif
@@ -53,8 +55,6 @@
 			/* When we want to hide everything	*/
 #endif
 
-#include <sys/cdefs.h>
-
 #ifndef _PTR_T
 # define _PTR_T
 typedef void	*ptr_t;