diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index d9c0a97107..7b09eeda10 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-07-18  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	* exec.c (exec_make_note_section): Move earlier.
+
 2014-07-17  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
 
 	PR gdb/17170
diff --git a/gdb/exec.c b/gdb/exec.c
index 087c122204..5176bf1ffc 100644
--- a/gdb/exec.c
+++ b/gdb/exec.c
@@ -951,7 +951,11 @@ exec_has_memory (struct target_ops *ops)
 	  != current_target_sections->sections_end);
 }
 
-static char *exec_make_note_section (struct target_ops *self, bfd *, int *);
+static char *
+exec_make_note_section (struct target_ops *self, bfd *obfd, int *note_size)
+{
+  error (_("Can't create a corefile"));
+}
 
 /* Fill in the exec file target vector.  Very few entries need to be
    defined.  */
@@ -1019,9 +1023,3 @@ Show writing into executable and core files."), NULL,
 
   add_target_with_completer (&exec_ops, filename_completer);
 }
-
-static char *
-exec_make_note_section (struct target_ops *self, bfd *obfd, int *note_size)
-{
-  error (_("Can't create a corefile"));
-}