diff --git a/encoding.c b/encoding.c
index 22fa5eec60..c1369080a5 100644
--- a/encoding.c
+++ b/encoding.c
@@ -1916,12 +1916,6 @@ rb_enc_aliases(VALUE klass)
  *
  */
 
-void
-Init_encodings(void)
-{
-    rb_enc_init();
-}
-
 void
 Init_Encoding(void)
 {
@@ -1967,6 +1961,12 @@ Init_Encoding(void)
     rb_marshal_define_compat(rb_cEncoding, Qnil, NULL, enc_m_loader);
 }
 
+void
+Init_encodings(void)
+{
+    rb_enc_init();
+}
+
 /* locale insensitive ctype functions */
 
 void