diff --git a/ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb b/ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb
index 41e5c171a7..9a297529ca 100644
--- a/ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb
+++ b/ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb
@@ -574,9 +574,9 @@ class Pathname    # * Find *
 end
 
 
-class Pathname    # * FileUtils *
-  autoload(:FileUtils, 'fileutils')
+autoload(:FileUtils, 'fileutils')
 
+class Pathname    # * FileUtils *
   # Creates a full path, including any intermediate directories that don't yet
   # exist.
   #