diff --git a/reactos/base/applications/ibrowser/utility/xmlstorage.cpp b/reactos/base/applications/ibrowser/utility/xmlstorage.cpp
index 7ebfdae8b89..5b977a6bfb1 100644
--- a/reactos/base/applications/ibrowser/utility/xmlstorage.cpp
+++ b/reactos/base/applications/ibrowser/utility/xmlstorage.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
 #include <precomp.h>
 
 
+namespace XMLStorage {
+
+
  // work around GCC's wide string constant bug
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 const LPCXSSTR XMLStorage::XS_EMPTY = XS_EMPTY_STR;
@@ -54,9 +57,6 @@ const LPCXSSTR XMLStorage::XS_FLOATFMT = XS_FLOATFMT_STR;
 #endif
 
 
-namespace XMLStorage {
-
-
  /// remove escape characters from zero terminated string
 static std::string unescape(const char* s, char b, char e)
 {
diff --git a/reactos/base/shell/explorer/utility/xmlstorage.cpp b/reactos/base/shell/explorer/utility/xmlstorage.cpp
index 7ebfdae8b89..5b977a6bfb1 100644
--- a/reactos/base/shell/explorer/utility/xmlstorage.cpp
+++ b/reactos/base/shell/explorer/utility/xmlstorage.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
 #include <precomp.h>
 
 
+namespace XMLStorage {
+
+
  // work around GCC's wide string constant bug
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 const LPCXSSTR XMLStorage::XS_EMPTY = XS_EMPTY_STR;
@@ -54,9 +57,6 @@ const LPCXSSTR XMLStorage::XS_FLOATFMT = XS_FLOATFMT_STR;
 #endif
 
 
-namespace XMLStorage {
-
-
  /// remove escape characters from zero terminated string
 static std::string unescape(const char* s, char b, char e)
 {