diff --git a/src/scripting/backend/codegen.cpp b/src/scripting/backend/codegen.cpp
index 79b48953a4..8576bcae18 100644
--- a/src/scripting/backend/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/scripting/backend/codegen.cpp
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@
 #include "w_wad.h"
 #include "doomstat.h"
 
-inline PClass *PObjectPointer::PointedClass() const { return static_cast<PClassType*>(PointedType)->Descriptor; }
-
 extern FRandom pr_exrandom;
 FMemArena FxAlloc(65536);
 int utf8_decode(const char *src, int *size);
diff --git a/src/scripting/types.h b/src/scripting/types.h
index 52f1fc464b..7d2f2341cc 100644
--- a/src/scripting/types.h
+++ b/src/scripting/types.h
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ public:
 };
 
 
+inline PClass *PObjectPointer::PointedClass() const
+{
+	return static_cast<PClassType*>(PointedType)->Descriptor;
+}
 
 // Returns a type from the TypeTable. Will create one if it isn't present.
 PMap *NewMap(PType *keytype, PType *valuetype);