diff --git a/include/boost/iterator_adaptors.hpp b/include/boost/iterator_adaptors.hpp
index f92b6da..a40c861 100644
--- a/include/boost/iterator_adaptors.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/iterator_adaptors.hpp
@@ -1015,8 +1015,8 @@ class filter_iterator_generator {
 #ifndef BOOST_MSVC // I don't have any idea why this occurs, but it doesn't seem to hurt too badly.
     BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(!is_bidirectional);
 #endif
-    typedef filter_iterator_policies<Predicate,Iterator> policies_type;
  public:
+    typedef filter_iterator_policies<Predicate,Iterator> policies_type;
     typedef iterator_adaptor<Iterator,policies_type,
         Value,Reference,Pointer,Category,Distance> type;
 };