diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.h b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.h
index 1bc2d60e4307cdd9a108528697842bf7dcb3b4df..7469a3c08f66c1afcd8f981623a5f74c2b64b1d5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.h
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.h
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ signals:
     void applicationOutputAvailable(const QString &output);
 
 private:
+    friend class AbstractGdbAdapter;
     friend class AttachGdbAdapter;
     friend class CoreGdbAdapter;
     friend class PlainGdbAdapter;
@@ -431,8 +432,6 @@ private:
     RemoteGdbAdapter *m_remoteAdapter; // owned
     TrkGdbAdapter *m_trkAdapter;       // owned
 
-    friend class AbstractGdbAdapter;
-
 public:
     void showMessageBox(int icon, const QString &title, const QString &text);
     void debugMessage(const QString &msg);