diff --git a/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.h b/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.h
index ff2e77fa..b782993f 100644
--- a/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.h
+++ b/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.h
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ ZDICTLIB_API size_t ZDICT_trainFromBuffer_legacy(
 #  define ZDICT_GCC_VERSION (__GNUC__ * 100 + __GNUC_MINOR__)
 #  if defined (__cplusplus) && (__cplusplus >= 201402) /* C++14 or greater */
 #    define ZDICT_DEPRECATED(message) [[deprecated(message)]] ZDICTLIB_API
-#  elif (ZDICT_GCC_VERSION >= 405) || defined(__clang__)
+#  elif defined(__clang__) || (ZDICT_GCC_VERSION >= 405)
 #    define ZDICT_DEPRECATED(message) ZDICTLIB_API __attribute__((deprecated(message)))
 #  elif (ZDICT_GCC_VERSION >= 301)
 #    define ZDICT_DEPRECATED(message) ZDICTLIB_API __attribute__((deprecated))