diff --git a/src/common/impl/netif_gnu.c b/src/common/impl/netif_gnu.c
index 6593899a6..5e890dda0 100644
--- a/src/common/impl/netif_gnu.c
+++ b/src/common/impl/netif_gnu.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 bool ffNetifGetDefaultRouteImplV4(FFNetifDefaultRouteResult* result) {
-    FILE* FF_AUTO_CLOSE_FILE netRoute = fopen("/proc/route", "r");
+    FF_AUTO_CLOSE_FILE FILE* netRoute = fopen("/proc/route", "r");
 
     if (!netRoute) {
         return false;