diff --git a/libavutil/internal.h b/libavutil/internal.h
index f5f769e2c0..792fd29a6c 100644
--- a/libavutil/internal.h
+++ b/libavutil/internal.h
@@ -256,11 +256,11 @@ if((y)<(x)){\
 }
 
 #if defined(__ICC) || defined(__SUNPRO_C)
-    #define DECLARE_ALIGNED(n,t,v)      t v __attribute__ ((aligned (n)))
+    #define DECLARE_ALIGNED(n,t,v)      t __attribute__ ((aligned (n))) v
     #define DECLARE_ASM_CONST(n,t,v)    const t __attribute__ ((aligned (n))) v
 #elif defined(__GNUC__)
-    #define DECLARE_ALIGNED(n,t,v)      t v __attribute__ ((aligned (n)))
-    #define DECLARE_ASM_CONST(n,t,v)    static const t v attribute_used __attribute__ ((aligned (n)))
+    #define DECLARE_ALIGNED(n,t,v)      t __attribute__ ((aligned (n))) v
+    #define DECLARE_ASM_CONST(n,t,v)    static const t attribute_used __attribute__ ((aligned (n))) v
 #elif defined(_MSC_VER)
     #define DECLARE_ALIGNED(n,t,v)      __declspec(align(n)) t v
     #define DECLARE_ASM_CONST(n,t,v)    __declspec(align(n)) static const t v