diff --git a/src/qos_dictionary.cpp b/src/qos_dictionary.cpp
index 928f13f..8490b39 100644
--- a/src/qos_dictionary.cpp
+++ b/src/qos_dictionary.cpp
@@ -196,11 +196,6 @@ DDS::DestinationOrderQosPolicyKind QosDictionary::getTimestampPolicy()
     return retval;
 }
 
-DDS::DataRepresentationId_t QosDictionary::getDataRepresentationType()
-{
-    return DDS::XCDR2_DATA_REPRESENTATION;
-}
-
 /**
  * @brief Get the encoding for DataWriters
  * @details Snippet from the OpenDDS 3.16 developers guide:
@@ -208,6 +203,11 @@ DDS::DataRepresentationId_t QosDictionary::getDataRepresentationType()
  * We default to XCDR2, but if $DDS_USE_OLD_CDR is set, CDR is used for compatilility with versions before 3.16.0
  * @return QosPolicy for destination order.
  */
+DDS::DataRepresentationId_t QosDictionary::getDataRepresentationType()
+{
+    return DDS::XCDR2_DATA_REPRESENTATION;
+}
+
 OpenDDS::DCPS::Encoding::Kind QosDictionary::getEncodingKind()
 {
     if (QosDictionary::getDataRepresentationType() == DDS::XCDR_DATA_REPRESENTATION)