diff --git a/pandas/_libs/src/vendored/ujson/python/JSONtoObj.c b/pandas/_libs/src/vendored/ujson/python/JSONtoObj.c
index 7cc20a52f1849..4cfead8ac77a5 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/src/vendored/ujson/python/JSONtoObj.c
+++ b/pandas/_libs/src/vendored/ujson/python/JSONtoObj.c
@@ -38,9 +38,11 @@ Numeric decoder derived from TCL library
 
 // Licence at LICENSES/ULTRAJSON_LICENSE
 
-#include "pandas/vendored/ujson/lib/ultrajson.h"
+// clang-format off
 #define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
 #include <Python.h>
+#include "pandas/vendored/ujson/lib/ultrajson.h"
+// clang-format on
 
 static int Object_objectAddKey(void *Py_UNUSED(prv), JSOBJ obj, JSOBJ name,
                                JSOBJ value) {