diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigControl/TrigServices/test/test_TrigMessageSvc.cxx b/HLT/Trigger/TrigControl/TrigServices/test/test_TrigMessageSvc.cxx
index 5de50e99a43000d699729dc1c8d2ed91137a61a6..e368409425ff29840de609940faba60d480d355e 100644
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigControl/TrigServices/test/test_TrigMessageSvc.cxx
+++ b/HLT/Trigger/TrigControl/TrigServices/test/test_TrigMessageSvc.cxx
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+#ifdef NDEBUG
+static const int timeout = 3000;
+#undef NDEBUG
+#else
+static const int timeout = 8000;
+#endif
+
+
 #include "../src/TrigMessageSvc.h"
 #include "TestTools/initGaudi.h"
 
@@ -12,13 +20,6 @@
 #include <chrono>
 #include <cassert>
 
-#ifdef NDEBUG
-static const int timeout = 3000;
-#else
-static const int timeout = 8000;
-#undef NDEBUG
-#endif
-
 constexpr size_t numSources = 1000;
 constexpr size_t numMessages = 50000;