diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir.h b/src/compiler/nir/nir.h
index b6bc3fa7c20..2a9ab542f6e 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir.h
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir.h
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
 
 #include "nir_opcodes.h"
 
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(snprintf)
+#define snprintf _snprintf
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir_print.c b/src/compiler/nir/nir_print.c
index e6c5c9c830d..dfdb5f36191 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir_print.c
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir_print.c
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <inttypes.h> /* for PRIx64 macro */
 
-#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(snprintf)
-#define snprintf _snprintf
-#endif
-
 static void
 print_tabs(unsigned num_tabs, FILE *fp)
 {