diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fce21fc8f..f1613a6cb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-08-06  Robert Larice
+ * src/spicelib/devices/adms/admst/ngspice.xml :
+   reposition NG_IGNOREABLE for non C99 compiler compatibility
+
 2011-08-06  Robert Larice
  * src/maths/cmaths/Makefile.am ,
  * src/maths/cmaths/cmath1.c ,
diff --git a/src/spicelib/devices/adms/admst/ngspice.xml b/src/spicelib/devices/adms/admst/ngspice.xml
index 6c1ca7af1..426172da8 100644
--- a/src/spicelib/devices/adms/admst/ngspice.xml
+++ b/src/spicelib/devices/adms/admst/ngspice.xml
@@ -3595,9 +3595,9 @@ inline double _d0_vt(double)               { return 1.3806503e-23/1.602176462e-1
 
 int $(module)temp(GENmodel *inModel, CKTcircuit *ckt)
 {
-  NG_IGNOREABLE(ckt);
   register $(module)model *model = ($(module)model*)inModel;
   register $(module)instance *here;
+  NG_IGNOREABLE(ckt);
   for ( ; model != NULL; model = model->$(module)nextModel )
   {
 
@@ -4219,8 +4219,8 @@ int $(module)ask(CKTcircuit *ckt, GENinstance *inst, int which, IFvalue *value,
 
 int $(module)mAsk(CKTcircuit *ckt, GENmodel *inst, int which, IFvalue *value)
 {
-  NG_IGNOREABLE(ckt);
   $(module)model *model = ($(module)model *)inst;
+  NG_IGNOREABLE(ckt);
   switch (which) {
   <admst:for-each select="modulevariablep[#parametertype!='instance' and isparameter='yes']">
 <admst:text format="  case  $(module)_model_%(name)  :\n"/>
@@ -4649,9 +4649,9 @@ int $(module)acLoad(GENmodel *inModel, CKTcircuit *ckt)
 
 int $(module)pzLoad(GENmodel *inModel, CKTcircuit *ckt, SPcomplex *s)
 {
-  NG_IGNOREABLE(ckt);
   register $(module)model *model = ($(module)model*)inModel;
   register $(module)instance *here;
+  NG_IGNOREABLE(ckt);
   for ( ; model != NULL; model = model-&gt;$(module)nextModel )
   {
     /* loop through all the instances of the model */