diff --git a/include/ModemManager-compat.h b/include/ModemManager-compat.h
index 540f0512..e1458400 100644
--- a/include/ModemManager-compat.h
+++ b/include/ModemManager-compat.h
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 
 #include <ModemManager-enums.h>
 
-#ifndef MM_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
-
 /**
  * SECTION:mm-compat
  * @title: API break replacements
@@ -41,6 +39,8 @@
 # define MM_DEPRECATED
 #endif
 
+#ifndef MM_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
+
 /* The following type exists just so that we can get deprecation warnings */
 MM_DEPRECATED
 typedef int MMModemBandDeprecated;