diff --git a/glib/gstdio.h b/glib/gstdio.h
index cc094cbb3..b92eb6c49 100644
--- a/glib/gstdio.h
+++ b/glib/gstdio.h
@@ -27,6 +27,31 @@
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
+#if defined (_MSC_VER) && !defined(_WIN64)
+
+/* Make it clear that we mean the struct with 32-bit st_size and
+ * 32-bit st_*time fields as that is how the 32-bit GLib DLL normally
+ * has been compiled. If you get a compiler warning when calling
+ * g_stat(), do take it seriously and make sure that the type of
+ * struct stat the code in GLib fills in matches the struct the type
+ * of struct stat you pass to g_stat(). To avoid hassle, to get file
+ * attributes just use the GIO API instead which doesn't use struct
+ * stat.
+ *
+ * Sure, it would be nicer to use a struct with 64-bit st_size and
+ * 64-bit st_*time fields, but changing that now would break ABI. And
+ * in MinGW, a plain "struct stat" is the one with 32-bit st_size and
+ * st_*time fields.
+ */
+
+typedef struct _stat32 GStatBuf;
+
+#else
+
+typedef struct stat GStatBuf;
+
+#endif
+
 #if defined(G_OS_UNIX) && !defined(G_STDIO_NO_WRAP_ON_UNIX)
 
 /* Just pass on to the system functions, so there's no potential for data
@@ -89,31 +114,6 @@ int g_mkdir     (const gchar *filename,
 
 int g_chdir     (const gchar *path);
 
-#if defined (_MSC_VER) && !defined(_WIN64)
-
-/* Make it clear that we mean the struct with 32-bit st_size and
- * 32-bit st_*time fields as that is how the 32-bit GLib DLL normally
- * has been compiled. If you get a compiler warning when calling
- * g_stat(), do take it seriously and make sure that the type of
- * struct stat the code in GLib fills in matches the struct the type
- * of struct stat you pass to g_stat(). To avoid hassle, to get file
- * attributes just use the GIO API instead which doesn't use struct
- * stat.
- *
- * Sure, it would be nicer to use a struct with 64-bit st_size and
- * 64-bit st_*time fields, but changing that now would break ABI. And
- * in MinGW, a plain "struct stat" is the one with 32-bit st_size and
- * st_*time fields.
- */
-
-typedef struct _stat32 GStatBuf;
-
-#else
-
-typedef struct stat GStatBuf;
-
-#endif
-
 int g_stat      (const gchar *filename,
                  GStatBuf    *buf);