diff --git a/src/accelerator_kokkos.h b/src/accelerator_kokkos.h
index 2f7b387755..d8a63bd426 100644
--- a/src/accelerator_kokkos.h
+++ b/src/accelerator_kokkos.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ class KokkosLMP {
 
 class Kokkos {
  public:
+  static int is_initialized() {return false;}
   static void finalize() {}
 };
 
@@ -123,10 +124,5 @@ class DAT {
 
 }
 
-namespace Kokkos {
-  static int is_initialized() {return false;}
-  static void finalize() {}
-}
-
 #endif
 #endif