diff --git a/MuonSpectrometer/MuonValidation/MuonRecValidation/MooPerformance/share/MooPerformance_topOptions.py b/MuonSpectrometer/MuonValidation/MuonRecValidation/MooPerformance/share/MooPerformance_topOptions.py
index d20b03fb98eb07d9aeb0c05779085999de0c51c7..80fd12b9e4eaed63b8323abc67937ec68ca92b69 100755
--- a/MuonSpectrometer/MuonValidation/MuonRecValidation/MooPerformance/share/MooPerformance_topOptions.py
+++ b/MuonSpectrometer/MuonValidation/MuonRecValidation/MooPerformance/share/MooPerformance_topOptions.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2002-2020 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 
+from __future__ import print_function
+
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # configure required detector flags for combined reco of simulated muons 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -82,7 +84,6 @@ muonRecFlags.doCalibNtuple                         = False
 muonRecFlags.doMSVertex                            = False
 muonRecFlags.doTrackPerformance                    = False
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 print ('INFO: MooPerformance_topOptions.py - muonRecFlags:')
 print (muonRecFlags)