diff --git a/src/util/virbuffer.c b/src/util/virbuffer.c
index 3d13c90c4b..5b338f886f 100644
--- a/src/util/virbuffer.c
+++ b/src/util/virbuffer.c
@@ -421,6 +421,15 @@ virBufferVasprintf(virBufferPtr buf, const char *format, va_list argptr)
     buf->use += count;
 }
 
+/* Work around spurious strchr() diagnostics given by -Wlogical-op
+ * for gcc < 4.6.  Doing it via a local pragma keeps the damage
+ * smaller than disabling it on the package level.  Unfortunately, the
+ * affected GCCs don't allow diagnostic push/pop which would have
+ * further reduced the impact. */
+#if BROKEN_GCC_WLOGICALOP
+# pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wlogical-op"
+#endif
+
 /**
  * virBufferEscapeString:
  * @buf: the buffer to append to
@@ -535,15 +544,6 @@ virBufferEscapeSexpr(virBufferPtr buf,
     virBufferEscape(buf, '\\', "\\'", format, str);
 }
 
-/* Work around spurious strchr() diagnostics given by -Wlogical-op
- * for gcc < 4.6.  Doing it via a local pragma keeps the damage
- * smaller than disabling it on the package level.  Unfortunately, the
- * affected GCCs don't allow diagnostic push/pop which would have
- * further reduced the impact. */
-#if BROKEN_GCC_WLOGICALOP
-# pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wlogical-op"
-#endif
-
 /**
  * virBufferEscape:
  * @buf: the buffer to append to