diff --git a/lib/vtls/vtls.c b/lib/vtls/vtls.c
index 96e7197d45..e601f4b16e 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/vtls.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/vtls.c
@@ -413,23 +413,6 @@ int Curl_ssl_init(void)
   return Curl_ssl->init();
 }
 
-#if defined(CURL_WITH_MULTI_SSL)
-static const struct Curl_ssl Curl_ssl_multi;
-#endif
-
-/* Global cleanup */
-void Curl_ssl_cleanup(void)
-{
-  if(init_ssl) {
-    /* only cleanup if we did a previous init */
-    Curl_ssl->cleanup();
-#if defined(CURL_WITH_MULTI_SSL)
-    Curl_ssl = &Curl_ssl_multi;
-#endif
-    init_ssl = FALSE;
-  }
-}
-
 static bool ssl_prefs_check(struct Curl_easy *data)
 {
   /* check for CURLOPT_SSLVERSION invalid parameter value */
@@ -1404,6 +1387,19 @@ static const struct Curl_ssl *available_backends[] = {
   NULL
 };
 
+/* Global cleanup */
+void Curl_ssl_cleanup(void)
+{
+  if(init_ssl) {
+    /* only cleanup if we did a previous init */
+    Curl_ssl->cleanup();
+#if defined(CURL_WITH_MULTI_SSL)
+    Curl_ssl = &Curl_ssl_multi;
+#endif
+    init_ssl = FALSE;
+  }
+}
+
 static size_t multissl_version(char *buffer, size_t size)
 {
   static const struct Curl_ssl *selected;