diff --git a/phpBB/includes/utf/utf_tools.php b/phpBB/includes/utf/utf_tools.php
index 34f9633677..3ee121a179 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/utf/utf_tools.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/utf/utf_tools.php
@@ -1712,54 +1712,7 @@ function utf8_case_fold_nfc($text, $option = 'full')
 	return $text;
 }
 
-if (!extension_loaded('intl'))
-{
-	/**
-	* A wrapper function for the normalizer which takes care of including the class if required and modifies the passed strings
-	* to be in NFC (Normalization Form Composition).
-	*
-	* @param	mixed	$strings	a string or an array of strings to normalize
-	* @return	mixed				the normalized content, preserving array keys if array given.
-	*/
-	function utf8_normalize_nfc($strings)
-	{
-		if (empty($strings))
-		{
-			return $strings;
-		}
-
-		if (!class_exists('utf_normalizer'))
-		{
-			global $phpbb_root_path, $phpEx;
-			include($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/utf/utf_normalizer.' . $phpEx);
-		}
-
-		if (!is_array($strings))
-		{
-			utf_normalizer::nfc($strings);
-		}
-		else if (is_array($strings))
-		{
-			foreach ($strings as $key => $string)
-			{
-				if (is_array($string))
-				{
-					foreach ($string as $_key => $_string)
-					{
-						utf_normalizer::nfc($strings[$key][$_key]);
-					}
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					utf_normalizer::nfc($strings[$key]);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		return $strings;
-	}
-}
-else
+if (extension_loaded('intl'))
 {
 	/**
 	* wrapper around PHP's native normalizer from intl
@@ -1813,6 +1766,53 @@ else
 		return $strings;
 	}
 }
+else
+{
+    /**
+	* A wrapper function for the normalizer which takes care of including the class if
+	* required and modifies the passed strings to be in NFC (Normalization Form Composition).
+	*
+	* @param	mixed	$strings	a string or an array of strings to normalize
+	* @return	mixed				the normalized content, preserving array keys if array given.
+	*/
+	function utf8_normalize_nfc($strings)
+	{
+		if (empty($strings))
+		{
+			return $strings;
+		}
+
+		if (!class_exists('utf_normalizer'))
+		{
+			global $phpbb_root_path, $phpEx;
+			include($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/utf/utf_normalizer.' . $phpEx);
+		}
+
+		if (!is_array($strings))
+		{
+			utf_normalizer::nfc($strings);
+		}
+		else if (is_array($strings))
+		{
+			foreach ($strings as $key => $string)
+			{
+				if (is_array($string))
+				{
+					foreach ($string as $_key => $_string)
+					{
+						utf_normalizer::nfc($strings[$key][$_key]);
+					}
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					utf_normalizer::nfc($strings[$key]);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $strings;
+	}
+}
 
 /**
 * This function is used to generate a "clean" version of a string.