diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
index 797992890c..3f43465b2a 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ void cmGeneratorTarget::ClassifySources()
       this->ExternalObjects.push_back(sf);
       if(isObjLib) { badObjLib.push_back(sf); }
       }
+    else if(sf->GetLanguage())
+      {
+      this->ObjectSources.push_back(sf);
+      }
     else if(ext == "def")
       {
       this->ModuleDefinitionFile = sf->GetFullPath();
@@ -75,10 +79,6 @@ void cmGeneratorTarget::ClassifySources()
       // No message or diagnosis should be given.
       this->ExtraSources.push_back(sf);
       }
-    else if(sf->GetLanguage())
-      {
-      this->ObjectSources.push_back(sf);
-      }
     else
       {
       this->ExtraSources.push_back(sf);