diff --git a/include/string b/include/string
index cf42f529c701..610f19ecba26 100644
--- a/include/string
+++ b/include/string
@@ -556,6 +556,8 @@ template<class _CharT, class _Traits, class _Allocator>
 basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Allocator>
 operator+(const basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Allocator>& __x, _CharT __y);
 
+_LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS string operator+<char, char_traits<char>, allocator<char> >(char const*, string const&))
+
 template <bool>
 class _LIBCPP_TEMPLATE_VIS __basic_string_common
 {
@@ -3999,7 +4001,6 @@ basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Allocator>::__subscriptable(const const_iterator*
 
 _LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE(class _LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_TYPE_VIS basic_string<char>)
 _LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE(class _LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_TYPE_VIS basic_string<wchar_t>)
-_LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE(_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS string operator+<char, char_traits<char>, allocator<char> >(char const*, string const&))
 
 #if _LIBCPP_STD_VER > 11 
 // Literal suffixes for basic_string [basic.string.literals]