diff --git a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
index 9fffc4f1a45..1af3a00c00e 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-03-27  Andrew Cohen  <cohen@bu.edu>
+
+	* nnir.el: Fix byte-compile warning. nnoo-define-skeleton should come
+	after other deffoos.
+
 2013-03-26  Andrew Cohen  <cohen@bu.edu>
 
 	* nnir.el: Major rewrite. Cleaner separation between searches and group
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/nnir.el b/lisp/gnus/nnir.el
index cabd08b0653..a48c6043e82 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/nnir.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/nnir.el
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ skips all prompting."
 ;;  (car (assoc  '(nnir "nnir-ephemeral" (nnir-address "nnir"))
 ;; 		gnus-opened-servers))))
 
-(nnoo-define-skeleton nnir)
+
 
 
 (defmacro nnir-add-result (dirnam artno score prefix server artlist)
@@ -1880,6 +1880,11 @@ article came from is also searched."
 	(nnir-request-update-info pgroup (gnus-get-info pgroup)))
     t))
 
+(deffoo nnir-request-close ()
+  t)
+
+
+(nnoo-define-skeleton nnir)
 
 ;; The end.
 (provide 'nnir)