diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/putil.cpp b/icu4c/source/common/putil.cpp
index a0fa0f1f676..2df99185f89 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/putil.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/putil.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,20 @@
 // Must be before any other #includes.
 #include "uposixdefs.h"
 
+#if U_PLATFORM == U_PF_MINGW && defined __STRICT_ANSI__
+/* tzset isn't defined in strict ANSI on MinGW. */
+#undef __STRICT_ANSI__
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Cygwin with GCC requires inclusion of time.h after the above disabling strict asci mode statement.
+ */
+#include <time.h>
+
+#if !U_PLATFORM_USES_ONLY_WIN32_API
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#endif
+
 /* include ICU headers */
 #include "unicode/utypes.h"
 #include "unicode/putil.h"
@@ -119,20 +133,6 @@ using namespace Microsoft::WRL::Wrappers;
 #   include <sys/neutrino.h>
 #endif
 
-#if (U_PF_MINGW <= U_PLATFORM && U_PLATFORM <= U_PF_CYGWIN) && defined(__STRICT_ANSI__)
-/* tzset isn't defined in strict ANSI on Cygwin and MinGW. */
-#undef __STRICT_ANSI__
-#endif
-
-/*
- * Cygwin with GCC requires inclusion of time.h after the above disabling strict asci mode statement.
- */
-#include <time.h>
-
-#if !U_PLATFORM_USES_ONLY_WIN32_API
-#include <sys/time.h>
-#endif
-
 /*
  * Only include langinfo.h if we have a way to get the codeset. If we later
  * depend on more feature, we can test on U_HAVE_NL_LANGINFO.