diff --git a/include/polarssl/x509.h b/include/polarssl/x509.h
index 8baee15..86624ec 100644
--- a/include/polarssl/x509.h
+++ b/include/polarssl/x509.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * \brief X.509 certificate and private key decoding
  *
- *  Copyright (C) 2006-2011, Brainspark B.V.
+ *  Copyright (C) 2006-2013, Brainspark B.V.
  *
  *  This file is part of PolarSSL (http://www.polarssl.org)
  *  Lead Maintainer: Paul Bakker <polarssl_maintainer at polarssl.org>
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@
 #define X509_FORMAT_DER                 1
 #define X509_FORMAT_PEM                 2
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 /** 
  * \addtogroup x509_module
  * \{ */
@@ -320,10 +324,6 @@
 x509_raw;
 */
 
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
 /**
  * \name Functions to read in DHM parameters, a certificate, CRL or private RSA key
  * \{