diff --git a/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h b/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
index 083ed137ee..5ccd5f7792 100644
--- a/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
+++ b/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ typedef struct {
 #define NM_ETHER_ADDR_INIT(...) ((NMEtherAddr) _NM_ETHER_ADDR_INIT(__VA_ARGS__))
 
 struct _NMIPAddr;
+
 extern const struct _NMIPAddr nm_ip_addr_zero;
 
 /* Let's reuse nm_ip_addr_zero also for nm_ether_addr_zero. It's a union that
@@ -1344,10 +1345,6 @@ nm_g_variant_new_au(const guint32 *data, gsize len)
     return g_variant_new_fixed_array(G_VARIANT_TYPE_UINT32, data, len, sizeof(guint32));
 }
 
-struct _NMIPAddr;
-
-extern const struct _NMIPAddr nm_ip_addr_zero;
-
 static inline GVariant *
 nm_g_variant_new_ay_inaddr(int addr_family, gconstpointer addr)
 {