diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 7de65c165e2896a3196256e8f74139938f5e3e7a..95929aa5899ed40c227e4693f2aea4a744873435 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -552,7 +552,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([TYPE_IN_ADDR_T],
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #endif
 #endif
-])
+  ]) dnl AC_CHECK_TYPE
+]) dnl AC_DEFUN
 
 dnl ************************************************************
 dnl check for "localhost", if it doesn't exist, we can't do the
diff --git a/ares/acinclude.m4 b/ares/acinclude.m4
index 5072ecd63a2c636c085e25f9e9d7d2f2343f5480..b09c935d10018295e74475fa52ac138ebe4da5cf 100644
--- a/ares/acinclude.m4
+++ b/ares/acinclude.m4
@@ -553,7 +553,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([TYPE_IN_ADDR_T],
 #endif
 
 #endif
-])
+  ]) dnl AC_CHECK_TYPE
+]) dnl AC_DEFUN
 
 
 dnl We create a function for detecting which compiler we use and then set as