diff --git a/backend/remote-state/gcloud/backend.go b/backend/remote-state/gcloud/backend.go
index 8941bebf6..bb67a7bfa 100644
--- a/backend/remote-state/gcloud/backend.go
+++ b/backend/remote-state/gcloud/backend.go
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/api/option"
 )
 
+type Backend struct {
+	*schema.Backend
+
+	storageClient  *storage.Client
+	storageContext googleContext.Context
+
+	bucketName string
+	stateDir   string
+}
+
 func New() backend.Backend {
 	s := &schema.Backend{
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
@@ -42,16 +52,6 @@ func New() backend.Backend {
 	return result
 }
 
-type Backend struct {
-	*schema.Backend
-
-	storageClient  *storage.Client
-	storageContext googleContext.Context
-
-	bucketName string
-	stateDir   string
-}
-
 func (b *Backend) configure(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if b.storageClient != nil {
 		return nil