diff --git a/libavutil/mem.h b/libavutil/mem.h
index aa083a7496..ec5d4f9abe 100644
--- a/libavutil/mem.h
+++ b/libavutil/mem.h
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
 #include "common.h"
 
 #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