diff --git a/sys/rpc/rpc_prot.c b/sys/rpc/rpc_prot.c
index 70a543d3f9c7..06a6349b1793 100644
--- a/sys/rpc/rpc_prot.c
+++ b/sys/rpc/rpc_prot.c
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 #include <rpc/clnt.h>
 #include <rpc/rpc_msg.h>
 
-MALLOC_DEFINE(M_RPC, "rpc", "Remote Procedure Call");
-
 #define assert(exp)	KASSERT(exp, ("bad arguments"))
 
 static enum clnt_stat accepted(enum accept_stat, struct rpc_err *);
diff --git a/sys/xdr/xdr.c b/sys/xdr/xdr.c
index 915d27bc324b..6ebff3e6644e 100644
--- a/sys/xdr/xdr.c
+++ b/sys/xdr/xdr.c
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ typedef u_quad_t        u_longlong_t;   /* ANSI unsigned long long type */
 #define XDR_FALSE	((long) 0)
 #define XDR_TRUE	((long) 1)
 
+MALLOC_DEFINE(M_RPC, "rpc", "Remote Procedure Call");
+
 /*
  * for unit alignment
  */