diff --git a/Control/AthenaServices/src/DecisionSvc.cxx b/Control/AthenaServices/src/DecisionSvc.cxx
index c7c97f29fad9cb9cc02d632b596bfc65d4f0a037..8b908983aab9e2033e907ec5a35b6291f7cc04d2 100644
--- a/Control/AthenaServices/src/DecisionSvc.cxx
+++ b/Control/AthenaServices/src/DecisionSvc.cxx
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ DecisionSvc::DecisionSvc(const std::string& name,
   m_cutflowSvc("",name),
 #else
   m_cutflowSvc("CutFlowSvc/CutFlowSvc",name),
-  m_algstateSvc("AlgExecStateSvc",name),
 #endif
+  m_algstateSvc("AlgExecStateSvc",name),
   m_eventCount(0)
 {
   declareProperty("CalcStats",m_calcStats);