diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 60cf8640ab..9caad1f2a6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2000-08-29  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
 
+	* signal/signal.h (sigpause): Move __THROW before __asm__.
+
 	* inet/rcmd.c (__checkhost_sa): If getnameinfo succeeds but the
 	names don't match don't return.
 	Patch by Olaf Kirch <okir@flash.lst.de>.
diff --git a/signal/signal.h b/signal/signal.h
index cc422ac9f6..3cf8025893 100644
--- a/signal/signal.h
+++ b/signal/signal.h
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ extern int sigpause (int __mask) __THROW;
 #else
 # ifdef __USE_XOPEN
 #  ifdef __GNUC__
-extern int sigpause (int __sig) __asm__ ("__xpg_sigpause") __THROW;
+extern int sigpause (int __sig) __THROW __asm__ ("__xpg_sigpause");
 #  endif
 /* Remove a signal from the signal mask and suspend the process.  */
 #  define sigpause(sig) __sigpause ((sig), 1)