diff --git a/hotspot/src/share/vm/trace/traceEventClasses.xsl b/hotspot/src/share/vm/trace/traceEventClasses.xsl
index 70ac9c03759..d9d2cf276ed 100644
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/trace/traceEventClasses.xsl
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/trace/traceEventClasses.xsl
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 -->
 
 <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
-<xsl:output method="text" indent="no" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
 <xsl:import href="xsl_util.xsl"/>
+<xsl:output method="text" indent="no" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
 
 <xsl:template match="/">
   <xsl:call-template name="file-header"/>
diff --git a/hotspot/src/share/vm/trace/traceEventIds.xsl b/hotspot/src/share/vm/trace/traceEventIds.xsl
index 737377cadd7..6a7e95474c0 100644
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/trace/traceEventIds.xsl
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/trace/traceEventIds.xsl
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 -->
 
 <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
-<xsl:output method="text" indent="no" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
 <xsl:import href="xsl_util.xsl"/>
+<xsl:output method="text" indent="no" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
 
 <xsl:template match="/">
   <xsl:call-template name="file-header"/>
diff --git a/hotspot/src/share/vm/trace/traceTypes.xsl b/hotspot/src/share/vm/trace/traceTypes.xsl
index b06b604cedd..278720d1c1a 100644
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/trace/traceTypes.xsl
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/trace/traceTypes.xsl
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 -->
 
 <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
-<xsl:output method="text" indent="no" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
 <xsl:import href="xsl_util.xsl"/>
+<xsl:output method="text" indent="no" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
 
 <xsl:template match="/">
   <xsl:call-template name="file-header"/>