diff --git a/src/libnm-platform/nm-platform.h b/src/libnm-platform/nm-platform.h
index 36df3db94..2d7214999 100644
--- a/src/libnm-platform/nm-platform.h
+++ b/src/libnm-platform/nm-platform.h
@@ -149,12 +149,6 @@ GBytes       *nmp_link_address_get_as_bytes(const NMPLinkAddress *addr);
 
 #define NM_PLATFORM_LINK_OTHER_NETNS (-1)
 
-struct _NMPlatformObject {
-    /* the object type has no fields of its own, it is only used to having
-     * a special pointer type that can be used to indicate "any" type. */
-    char _dummy_don_t_use_me;
-};
-
 struct _NMPlatformObjWithIfindex {
     __NMPlatformObjWithIfindex_COMMON;
 };
diff --git a/src/libnm-platform/nmp-plobj.h b/src/libnm-platform/nmp-plobj.h
index d33abef24..9dcde7559 100644
--- a/src/libnm-platform/nmp-plobj.h
+++ b/src/libnm-platform/nmp-plobj.h
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
+struct _NMPlatformObject {
+    /* the object type has no fields of its own, it is only used to having
+     * a special pointer type that can be used to indicate "any" type. */
+    char _dummy_don_t_use_me;
+};
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
 #define __NMPlatformObjWithIfindex_COMMON \
     int ifindex;                          \
     ;