diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
index 6987e0e062..7736e719bb 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
@@ -784,6 +784,25 @@ OpenLayers.Util.createAlphaImageDiv = function(id, px, sz, imgURL,
     return div;
 };
 
+
+/** Takes a hash and copies any keys that don't exist from
+*   another hash, by analogy with Object.extend() from
+*   Prototype.js.
+*
+* @param {Object} to
+* @param {Object} from
+*
+* @type Object
+*/
+OpenLayers.Util.applyDefaults = function (to, from) {
+    for (var key in from) {
+        if (to[key] == null) {
+            to[key] = from[key];
+        }
+    }
+    return to;
+};
+
 /**
 * @param {Object} params
 *
@@ -814,24 +833,6 @@ OpenLayers.Util.getImagesLocation = function() {
     return OpenLayers._getScriptLocation() + "img/";
 };
 
-/** Takes a hash and copies any keys that don't exist from
-*   another hash, by analogy with Object.extend() from
-*   Prototype.js.
-*
-* @param {Object} to
-* @param {Object} from
-*
-* @type Object
-*/
-OpenLayers.Util.applyDefaults = function (to, from) {
-    for (var key in from) {
-        if (to[key] == null) {
-            to[key] = from[key];
-        }
-    }
-    return to;
-};
-
 
 
 /** These could/should be made namespace aware?