diff --git a/gio/gfiledescriptorbased.h b/gio/gfiledescriptorbased.h
index a512feb50..7c7c78afb 100644
--- a/gio/gfiledescriptorbased.h
+++ b/gio/gfiledescriptorbased.h
@@ -27,14 +27,15 @@
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
+typedef struct _GFileDescriptorBased        GFileDescriptorBased;
+typedef struct _GFileDescriptorBasedIface   GFileDescriptorBasedIface;
+
 #define G_TYPE_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_BASED            (g_file_descriptor_based_get_type ())
 #define G_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_BASED(obj)            (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), G_TYPE_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_BASED, GFileDescriptorBased))
 #define G_IS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_BASED(obj)         (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), G_TYPE_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_BASED))
 #define G_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_BASED_GET_IFACE(obj)  (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_INTERFACE ((obj), G_TYPE_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_BASED, GFileDescriptorBasedIface))
 G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(GFileDescriptorBased, g_object_unref)
 
-typedef struct _GFileDescriptorBasedIface   GFileDescriptorBasedIface;
-
 /**
  * GFileDescriptorBasedIface:
  * @g_iface: The parent interface.
diff --git a/gio/giotypes.h b/gio/giotypes.h
index c2c09d16d..98143ba93 100644
--- a/gio/giotypes.h
+++ b/gio/giotypes.h
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ typedef struct _GFileInfo                     GFileInfo;
 typedef struct _GFileAttributeMatcher         GFileAttributeMatcher;
 typedef struct _GFileAttributeInfo            GFileAttributeInfo;
 typedef struct _GFileAttributeInfoList        GFileAttributeInfoList;
-typedef struct _GFileDescriptorBased          GFileDescriptorBased;
 typedef struct _GFileInputStream              GFileInputStream;
 typedef struct _GFileOutputStream             GFileOutputStream;
 typedef struct _GFileIOStream                 GFileIOStream;