diff --git a/src/nm-logging.c b/src/nm-logging.c
index d8b7db1a84..d73b3bb9b3 100644
--- a/src/nm-logging.c
+++ b/src/nm-logging.c
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ typedef struct {
 	const char *name;
 } LogDesc;
 
+typedef enum {
+	LOG_BACKEND_GLIB,
+	LOG_BACKEND_SYSLOG,
+	LOG_BACKEND_JOURNAL,
+} LogBackend;
+
 typedef struct {
 	const char *name;
 	const char *level_str;
@@ -86,17 +92,15 @@ static struct Global {
 	bool debug_stderr:1;
 	const char *prefix;
 	const char *syslog_identifier;
-	enum {
-		/* before we setup syslog (during start), the backend defaults to GLIB, meaning:
-		 * we use g_log() for all logging. At that point, the application is not yet supposed
-		 * to do any logging and doing so indicates a bug.
-		 *
-		 * Afterwards, the backend is either SYSLOG or JOURNAL. From that point, also
-		 * g_log() is redirected to this backend via a logging handler. */
-		LOG_BACKEND_GLIB,
-		LOG_BACKEND_SYSLOG,
-		LOG_BACKEND_JOURNAL,
-	} log_backend;
+
+	/* before we setup syslog (during start), the backend defaults to GLIB, meaning:
+	 * we use g_log() for all logging. At that point, the application is not yet supposed
+	 * to do any logging and doing so indicates a bug.
+	 *
+	 * Afterwards, the backend is either SYSLOG or JOURNAL. From that point, also
+	 * g_log() is redirected to this backend via a logging handler. */
+	LogBackend log_backend;
+
 	char *logging_domains_to_string;
 } global = {
 	/* nm_logging_setup ("INFO", LOGD_DEFAULT_STRING, NULL, NULL); */