diff --git a/lib/gitlab/qa/runtime/env.rb b/lib/gitlab/qa/runtime/env.rb
index 4469762175bfe27955e5355539591c03a7fa3df3..c641982d4c50ff5ee101f98631930e15ef250947 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/qa/runtime/env.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/qa/runtime/env.rb
@@ -377,14 +377,14 @@ module Gitlab
           enabled?(env_var_value_if_defined('GITLAB_ALLOW_SEPARATE_CI_DATABASE'), default: false)
         end
 
-        private
-
         def enabled?(value, default: true)
           return default if value.nil?
 
           (value =~ /^(false|no|0)$/i) != 0
         end
 
+        private
+
         def env_var_value_valid?(variable)
           !ENV[variable].blank?
         end