diff --git a/gio/gio-autocleanups.h b/gio/gio-autocleanups.h
index 60ab3bafa..4bac783b7 100644
--- a/gio/gio-autocleanups.h
+++ b/gio/gio-autocleanups.h
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(GProxyResolver, g_object_unref)
 G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(GRemoteActionGroup, g_object_unref)
 G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(GResolver, g_object_unref)
 G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(GSeekable, g_object_unref)
-G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(GSettingsBackend, g_object_unref)
 G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(GSettingsSchema, g_settings_schema_unref)
 G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(GSettings, g_object_unref)
 G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(GSimpleActionGroup, g_object_unref)
diff --git a/gio/gsettingsbackend.h b/gio/gsettingsbackend.h
index f00471181..86e0431ed 100644
--- a/gio/gsettingsbackend.h
+++ b/gio/gsettingsbackend.h
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ GSettingsBackend *      g_null_settings_backend_new                     (void);
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 GSettingsBackend *      g_memory_settings_backend_new                   (void);
 
+G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(GSettingsBackend, g_object_unref)
 G_END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* __G_SETTINGS_BACKEND_H__ */