diff --git a/src/dynapi/gendynapi.py b/src/dynapi/gendynapi.py
index 8c4fd3dfb9..091ce0d5ce 100755
--- a/src/dynapi/gendynapi.py
+++ b/src/dynapi/gendynapi.py
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ def main():
             #
             func_ret = func_ret.replace('extern', ' ')
             func_ret = func_ret.replace('SDLCALL', ' ')
-            func_ret = func_ret.replace('SDL_DECLSPEC', ' ')
             func_ret = func_ret.replace('SDL_DECLSPEC_FREE', ' ')
+            func_ret = func_ret.replace('SDL_DECLSPEC', ' ')
             # Remove trailing spaces in front of '*'
             tmp = ""
             while func_ret != tmp: