diff --git a/src/fio_headers.h b/src/fio_headers.h
index f4ea09532..c0c4fa262 100644
--- a/src/fio_headers.h
+++ b/src/fio_headers.h
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-extern "C" {
 // Kill atomics in fio headers
 #define _STDATOMIC_H
 #include "fio/arch/arch.h"
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define CONFIG_HAVE_GETTID
 #define CONFIG_SYNC_FILE_RANGE
 #define CONFIG_PWRITEV2
+extern "C" {
 #include "fio/fio.h"
 #include "fio/optgroup.h"
 }