diff --git a/lib/pathname.rb b/lib/pathname.rb
index 41e5c17..9a29752 100644
--- a/lib/pathname.rb
+++ b/lib/pathname.rb
@@ -574,9 +574,9 @@ def find(ignore_error: true) # :yield: pathname
 end
 
 
-class Pathname    # * FileUtils *
-  autoload(:FileUtils, 'fileutils')
+autoload(:FileUtils, 'fileutils')
 
+class Pathname    # * FileUtils *
   # Creates a full path, including any intermediate directories that don't yet
   # exist.
   #