diff --git a/src/catch2/internal/catch_decomposer.hpp b/src/catch2/internal/catch_decomposer.hpp
index e1f635b6e9..adce89f2a3 100644
--- a/src/catch2/internal/catch_decomposer.hpp
+++ b/src/catch2/internal/catch_decomposer.hpp
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ namespace Catch {
         bool m_isBinaryExpression;
         bool m_result;
 
+    protected:
+        ~ITransientExpression() = default;
+
     public:
         constexpr auto isBinaryExpression() const -> bool { return m_isBinaryExpression; }
         constexpr auto getResult() const -> bool { return m_result; }
@@ -175,9 +178,6 @@ namespace Catch {
             expr.streamReconstructedExpression(out);
             return out;
         }
-
-    protected:
-        ~ITransientExpression() = default;
     };
 
     void formatReconstructedExpression( std::ostream &os, std::string const& lhs, StringRef op, std::string const& rhs );