diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atklistener.hxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atklistener.hxx
index fa37a3305668..39dbe5db9446 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atklistener.hxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atklistener.hxx
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ public:
     virtual void notifyEvent( const css::accessibility::AccessibleEventObject& aEvent )
         throw( css::uno::RuntimeException, std::exception ) override;
 
+private:
+
     AtkObjectWrapper *mpWrapper;
     std::vector< css::uno::Reference< css::accessibility::XAccessible > >
                       m_aChildList;
 
-private:
-
     virtual ~AtkListener() override;
 
     // Updates the child list held to provide the old IndexInParent on children_changed::remove