diff --git a/windows/security_windows.go b/windows/security_windows.go
index 22dd83e2..5b2f6ba1 100644
--- a/windows/security_windows.go
+++ b/windows/security_windows.go
@@ -901,6 +901,12 @@ type SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR struct {
 	dacl     *ACL
 }
 
+type SecurityAttributes struct {
+	Length             uint32
+	SecurityDescriptor *SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR
+	InheritHandle      uint32
+}
+
 type SE_OBJECT_TYPE uint32
 
 // Constants for type SE_OBJECT_TYPE
diff --git a/windows/types_windows.go b/windows/types_windows.go
index 8d34bf1e..a5482341 100644
--- a/windows/types_windows.go
+++ b/windows/types_windows.go
@@ -471,12 +471,6 @@ func NsecToTimeval(nsec int64) (tv Timeval) {
 	return
 }
 
-type SecurityAttributes struct {
-	Length             uint32
-	SecurityDescriptor uintptr
-	InheritHandle      uint32
-}
-
 type Overlapped struct {
 	Internal     uintptr
 	InternalHigh uintptr