diff --git a/include/cutils/properties.h b/include/cutils/properties.h
index 228b73e..2c70165 100644
--- a/include/cutils/properties.h
+++ b/include/cutils/properties.h
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@
 
 extern int __property_get_real(const char *, char *, const char *)
     __asm__(__USER_LABEL_PREFIX__ "property_get");
-extern void __property_get_too_small_error()
-    __attribute__((__error__("property_get() called with too small of a buffer")));
+__errordecl(__property_get_too_small_error, "property_get() called with too small of a buffer");
 
 __BIONIC_FORTIFY_INLINE
 int property_get(const char *key, char *value, const char *default_value) {