diff --git a/projects/sample/autoconf/configure.ac b/projects/sample/autoconf/configure.ac
index 37c93a8f515..221dcc45edc 100644
--- a/projects/sample/autoconf/configure.ac
+++ b/projects/sample/autoconf/configure.ac
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@ AC_INIT([[[SAMPLE]]],[[[x.xx]]],[bugs@yourdomain])
 dnl Identify where LLVM source tree is
 LLVM_SRC_ROOT="../../"
 LLVM_OBJ_ROOT="../../"
-dnl Tell autoconf that the auxilliary files are actually located in
-dnl the LLVM autoconf directory, not here.
-AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR($LLVM_SRC_ROOT/autoconf)
 
 dnl Tell autoconf that this is an LLVM project being configured
 dnl This provides the --with-llvmsrc and --with-llvmobj options
 LLVM_CONFIG_PROJECT($LLVM_SRC_ROOT,$LLVM_OBJ_ROOT)
 
+dnl Tell autoconf that the auxilliary files are actually located in
+dnl the LLVM autoconf directory, not here.
+AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR($LLVM_SRC/autoconf)
+
 dnl Verify that the source directory is valid
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(["Makefile.common.in"])