diff --git a/libavfilter/avf_showcqt.c b/libavfilter/avf_showcqt.c
index 0a7b2b59d5..8b4309c709 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avf_showcqt.c
+++ b/libavfilter/avf_showcqt.c
@@ -49,14 +49,6 @@ typedef struct {
     int index;
 } SparseCoeff;
 
-static inline int qsort_sparsecoeff(const SparseCoeff *a, const SparseCoeff *b)
-{
-    if (fabsf(a->value) >= fabsf(b->value))
-        return 1;
-    else
-        return -1;
-}
-
 typedef struct {
     const AVClass *class;
     AVFrame *outpicref;
@@ -150,6 +142,14 @@ static int query_formats(AVFilterContext *ctx)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int qsort_sparsecoeff(const SparseCoeff *a, const SparseCoeff *b)
+{
+    if (fabsf(a->value) >= fabsf(b->value))
+        return 1;
+    else
+        return -1;
+}
+
 static int config_output(AVFilterLink *outlink)
 {
     AVFilterContext *ctx = outlink->src;