diff --git a/arch/powerpc/bits/signal.h b/arch/powerpc/bits/signal.h
index 56b599ef0efbd84f2dbfcc23470b3bf771aa9663..7be1028aa3eae31fd114bb41d463ba4ed60bcee8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/bits/signal.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/bits/signal.h
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 #if defined(_GNU_SOURCE) || defined(_BSD_SOURCE)
 
+typedef unsigned long gregset_t[48];
+
 struct sigcontext
 {
 	unsigned long _unused[4];
@@ -16,8 +18,6 @@ struct sigcontext
 	long vmx_reserve[33+33+32+1]; /* 33=34 for ppc64 */
 };
 
-typedef unsigned long gregset_t[48];
-
 typedef struct {
 	double fpregs[32];
 	double fpscr;