diff --git a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/serialized_message.hpp b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/serialized_message.hpp
index 65a3fc5e0b..8e4dbf837f 100644
--- a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/serialized_message.hpp
+++ b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/serialized_message.hpp
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@
 #ifndef RCLCPP__SERIALIZED_MESSAGE_HPP_
 #define RCLCPP__SERIALIZED_MESSAGE_HPP_
 
+#include <rclcpp/exceptions.hpp>
+
 #include <cstring>
 
 #include "rcutils/logging_macros.h"
 
 #include "rmw/serialized_message.h"
 
-#include <rclcpp/exceptions.hpp>
-
 namespace rclcpp
 {