diff --git a/coreutils/stat.c b/coreutils/stat.c
index 4c729e071..32e8b42f3 100644
--- a/coreutils/stat.c
+++ b/coreutils/stat.c
@@ -125,20 +125,6 @@ static const char *human_fstype(uint32_t f_type)
 	return humantypes[i].fs;
 }
 
-#if ENABLE_FEATURE_STAT_FORMAT
-static void strcatc(char *str, char c)
-{
-	int len = strlen(str);
-	str[len++] = c;
-	str[len] = '\0';
-}
-
-static void printfs(char *pformat, const char *msg)
-{
-	strcatc(pformat, 's');
-	printf(pformat, msg);
-}
-
 /* "man statfs" says that statfsbuf->f_fsid is a mess */
 /* coreutils treats it as an array of ints, most significant first */
 static unsigned long long get_f_fsid(const struct statfs *statfsbuf)
@@ -153,6 +139,20 @@ static unsigned long long get_f_fsid(const struct statfs *statfsbuf)
 	return r;
 }
 
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_STAT_FORMAT
+static void strcatc(char *str, char c)
+{
+	int len = strlen(str);
+	str[len++] = c;
+	str[len] = '\0';
+}
+
+static void printfs(char *pformat, const char *msg)
+{
+	strcatc(pformat, 's');
+	printf(pformat, msg);
+}
+
 /* print statfs info */
 static void print_statfs(char *pformat, const char m,
 		const char *const filename, const void *data