diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c5bd007f42c60266fb1a86b2905640a76ebc8cd9..e5e982f92810d6c7912b8bec21c924406387444f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ AC_TYPE_UID_T
 AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
 AC_HEADER_TIME
 
-# Needed by the supplied memcmp.c
 LSH_FUNC_ALLOCA
 
+# Needed by the supplied memcmp.c
 AC_C_BIGENDIAN
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(memxor)