diff --git a/ext/qt/gstqtgl.h b/ext/qt/gstqtgl.h
index 6bf8ea6010..4d0bb64c11 100644
--- a/ext/qt/gstqtgl.h
+++ b/ext/qt/gstqtgl.h
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@
 #include <QtGui/qtgui-config.h>
 #endif
 
+/* qt uses the same trick as us to typedef GLsync on GLES2 but to a different
+ * type which confuses the preprocessor. Instead of trying to reconcile the
+ * two, we instead use the GLsync definition from Qt from above, and ensure
+ * that we don't typedef GLsync in gstglfuncs.h */
+#include <gst/gl/gstglconfig.h>
+#undef GST_GL_HAVE_GLSYNC
+#define GST_GL_HAVE_GLSYNC 1
+#include <gst/gl/gstglfuncs.h>
+
 /* The glext.h guard was renamed in 2018, but some software which
  * includes their own copy of the GL headers (such as qt) might have
  * older version which use the old guard. This would result in the
@@ -41,12 +50,3 @@
 #include <QtGui/QOpenGLContext>
 #include <QtGui/QOpenGLFunctions>
 #endif /* defined(QT_OPENGL_ES_2) */
-
-/* qt uses the same trick as us to typedef GLsync on GLES2 but to a different
- * type which confuses the preprocessor. Instead of trying to reconcile the
- * two, we instead use the GLsync definition from Qt from above, and ensure
- * that we don't typedef GLsync in gstglfuncs.h */
-#include <gst/gl/gstglconfig.h>
-#undef GST_GL_HAVE_GLSYNC
-#define GST_GL_HAVE_GLSYNC 1
-#include <gst/gl/gstglfuncs.h>