diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 0547cdfa02..33e52e205d 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ virBufferAdd;
 virBufferAddChar;
 virBufferContentAndReset;
 virBufferError;
-virBufferEscapeString;
 virBufferEscapeSexpr;
+virBufferEscapeString;
 virBufferFreeAndReset;
 virBufferStrcat;
 virBufferURIEncodeString;