diff --git a/lib/kadm5/ad.c b/lib/kadm5/ad.c
index a026a2f69..7886ab1f8 100644
--- a/lib/kadm5/ad.c
+++ b/lib/kadm5/ad.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ check_ldap(kadm5_ad_context *context, int ret)
  *
  */
 
-void static
+static void
 laddattr(char ***al, int *attrlen, char *attr)
 {
     char **a;