diff --git a/gst/registries/gstxmlregistry.h b/gst/registries/gstxmlregistry.h
index 714d931884..cb58cb10dc 100644
--- a/gst/registries/gstxmlregistry.h
+++ b/gst/registries/gstxmlregistry.h
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 #ifndef __GST_XML_REGISTRY_H__
 #define __GST_XML_REGISTRY_H__
 
-G_BEGIN_DECLS
-
 #include <gst/gstregistry.h>
 
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
 #define GST_TYPE_XML_REGISTRY \
   (gst_xml_registry_get_type())
 #define GST_XML_REGISTRY(obj) \