diff --git a/src_c/image.c b/src_c/image.c
index 77d45c775b..e974a400b6 100644
--- a/src_c/image.c
+++ b/src_c/image.c
@@ -421,8 +421,8 @@ tobytes_surf_32bpp_sse42(SDL_Surface *surf, int flipped, char *data,
 }
 #endif /* PG_COMPILE_SSE4_2 */
 
-#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(3, 0, 0)
 static void
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(3, 0, 0)
 tobytes_surf_32bpp(SDL_Surface *surf,
                    const SDL_PixelFormatDetails *format_details, int flipped,
                    int hascolorkey, Uint32 colorkey, char *serialized_image,