diff --git a/src/priority_queue.erl b/src/priority_queue.erl
index 692f566fd..7147b0bb4 100644
--- a/src/priority_queue.erl
+++ b/src/priority_queue.erl
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@
 
 -ifdef(use_specs).
 
--export_type([q/0]).
-
 -type(q() :: pqueue()).
 -type(priority() :: integer() | 'infinity').
 -type(squeue() :: {queue, [any()], [any()], non_neg_integer()}).
 -type(pqueue() ::  squeue() | {pqueue, [{priority(), squeue()}]}).
 
+-export_type([q/0]).
+
 -spec(new/0 :: () -> pqueue()).
 -spec(is_queue/1 :: (any()) -> boolean()).
 -spec(is_empty/1 :: (pqueue()) -> boolean()).