diff --git a/include/fmt/format-inl.h b/include/fmt/format-inl.h
index 55bf1c44..1ac206a8 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format-inl.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format-inl.h
@@ -336,6 +336,10 @@ class fp {
  private:
   using significand_type = uint64_t;
 
+ public:
+  significand_type f;
+  int e;
+
   // All sizes are in bits.
   // Subtract 1 to account for an implicit most significant bit in the
   // normalized form.
@@ -343,11 +347,6 @@ class fp {
       std::numeric_limits<double>::digits - 1;
   static FMT_CONSTEXPR_DECL const uint64_t implicit_bit =
       1ULL << double_significand_size;
-
- public:
-  significand_type f;
-  int e;
-
   static FMT_CONSTEXPR_DECL const int significand_size =
       bits<significand_type>::value;
 
@@ -358,22 +357,6 @@ class fp {
   // errors on platforms where double is not IEEE754.
   template <typename Double> explicit fp(Double d) { assign(d); }
 
-  // Normalizes the value converted from double and multiplied by (1 << SHIFT).
-  template <int SHIFT> friend fp normalize(fp value) {
-    // Handle subnormals.
-    const auto shifted_implicit_bit = fp::implicit_bit << SHIFT;
-    while ((value.f & shifted_implicit_bit) == 0) {
-      value.f <<= 1;
-      --value.e;
-    }
-    // Subtract 1 to account for hidden bit.
-    const auto offset =
-        fp::significand_size - fp::double_significand_size - SHIFT - 1;
-    value.f <<= offset;
-    value.e -= offset;
-    return value;
-  }
-
   // Assigns d to this and return true iff predecessor is closer than successor.
   template <typename Double, FMT_ENABLE_IF(sizeof(Double) == sizeof(uint64_t))>
   bool assign(Double d) {
@@ -434,6 +417,22 @@ class fp {
   }
 };
 
+// Normalizes the value converted from double and multiplied by (1 << SHIFT).
+template <int SHIFT> fp normalize(fp value) {
+  // Handle subnormals.
+  const auto shifted_implicit_bit = fp::implicit_bit << SHIFT;
+  while ((value.f & shifted_implicit_bit) == 0) {
+    value.f <<= 1;
+    --value.e;
+  }
+  // Subtract 1 to account for hidden bit.
+  const auto offset =
+      fp::significand_size - fp::double_significand_size - SHIFT - 1;
+  value.f <<= offset;
+  value.e -= offset;
+  return value;
+}
+
 inline bool operator==(fp x, fp y) { return x.f == y.f && x.e == y.e; }
 
 // Computes lhs * rhs / pow(2, 64) rounded to nearest with half-up tie breaking.