diff --git a/source3/lib/smbconf/smbconf_private.h b/source3/lib/smbconf/smbconf_private.h
index e08a2b186a1..85b529ac85e 100644
--- a/source3/lib/smbconf/smbconf_private.h
+++ b/source3/lib/smbconf/smbconf_private.h
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ struct smbconf_ctx {
 	void *data; /* private data for use in backends */
 };
 
+WERROR smbconf_init(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, struct smbconf_ctx **conf_ctx,
+		    const char *path, struct smbconf_ops *ops);
+
 WERROR smbconf_add_string_to_array(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
 				   char ***array,
 				   uint32_t count,
 				   const char *string);
 
-WERROR smbconf_init(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, struct smbconf_ctx **conf_ctx,
-		    const char *path, struct smbconf_ops *ops);
-
 #endif