diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 201f2cb1e..ce88d9195 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  - (tim) [openbsd-compat/bsd-misc.h sshd.c] Fix conflicting return type for
    unsetenv due to rev 1.14 change to setenv.c. Cast unsetenv to void in sshd.c
    ok dtucker@
+ - (tim) [defines.h] move chunk introduced in 1.125 before MAXPATHLEN so
+   it actually works.
 
 20120214
  - (djm) [openbsd-compat/bsd-cygwin_util.c] Add PROGRAMFILES to list of
diff --git a/defines.h b/defines.h
index 45612aab4..53f83a142 100644
--- a/defines.h
+++ b/defines.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #ifndef _DEFINES_H
 #define _DEFINES_H
 
-/* $Id: defines.h,v 1.168 2011/09/29 01:11:56 djm Exp $ */
+/* $Id: defines.h,v 1.169 2012/02/15 04:13:06 tim Exp $ */
 
 
 /* Constants */
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ enum
 # define	IPTOS_DSCP_EF		0xb8
 #endif /* IPTOS_DSCP_EF */
 
+#ifndef PATH_MAX
+# ifdef _POSIX_PATH_MAX
+# define PATH_MAX _POSIX_PATH_MAX
+# endif
+#endif
+
 #ifndef MAXPATHLEN
 # ifdef PATH_MAX
 #  define MAXPATHLEN PATH_MAX
@@ -99,12 +105,6 @@ enum
 # endif /* PATH_MAX */
 #endif /* MAXPATHLEN */
 
-#ifndef PATH_MAX
-# ifdef _POSIX_PATH_MAX
-# define PATH_MAX _POSIX_PATH_MAX
-# endif
-#endif
-
 #if defined(HAVE_DECL_MAXSYMLINKS) && HAVE_DECL_MAXSYMLINKS == 0
 # define MAXSYMLINKS 5
 #endif