diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4249de766..a005eb258 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ Changes
      Wilson #481
    * Improve the documentation of mbedtls_net_accept(). Contributed by Ivan
      Krylov.
+   * Put the Cryptographic API outside of the XXX_ALT macro check, so
+     alternative header file will not need to redefined the same API,
+     and to force alternative implementer to use the same API.
 
 = mbed TLS 2.8.0 branch released 2018-03-16
 
@@ -135,9 +138,6 @@ Changes
    * Clarify the documentation of mbedtls_ssl_setup.
    * Use (void) when defining functions with no parameters. Contributed by
      Joris Aerts. #678
-   * Put the Cryptographic API outside of the XXX_ALT macro check, so
-     alternative header file will not need to redefined the same API,
-     and to force alternative implementer to use the same API.
 
 = mbed TLS 2.7.0 branch released 2018-02-03
 
diff --git a/include/mbedtls/ecp.h b/include/mbedtls/ecp.h
index fe346141a..1bc5ac9e6 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/ecp.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/ecp.h
@@ -231,16 +231,16 @@ mbedtls_ecp_keypair;
 
 /* \} name SECTION: Module settings */
 
+#else  /* MBEDTLS_ECP_ALT */
+#include "ecp_alt.h"
+#endif /* MBEDTLS_ECP_ALT */
+
 /*
  * Point formats, from RFC 4492's enum ECPointFormat
  */
 #define MBEDTLS_ECP_PF_UNCOMPRESSED    0   /**< Uncompressed point format */
 #define MBEDTLS_ECP_PF_COMPRESSED      1   /**< Compressed point format */
 
-#else  /* MBEDTLS_ECP_ALT */
-#include "ecp_alt.h"
-#endif /* MBEDTLS_ECP_ALT */
-
 /*
  * Some other constants from RFC 4492
  */