diff --git a/include/qemu/osdep.h b/include/qemu/osdep.h
index 96933b72db..fd712ee883 100644
--- a/include/qemu/osdep.h
+++ b/include/qemu/osdep.h
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ extern "C" {
  * supports QEMU_ERROR, this will be reported at compile time; otherwise
  * this will be reported at link time due to the missing symbol.
  */
-extern G_NORETURN
+G_NORETURN extern
 void QEMU_ERROR("code path is reachable")
     qemu_build_not_reached_always(void);
 #if defined(__OPTIMIZE__) && !defined(__NO_INLINE__) && !defined(XEMU_DEBUG_BUILD)