--- a/config/faster/rules.mk
+++ b/config/faster/rules.mk
@@ -63,31 +63,31 @@ endif
 
 .PHONY: FORCE
 
 # Extra define to trigger some workarounds. We should strive to limit the
 # use of those. As of writing the only ones are in
 # toolkit/content/buildconfig.html and browser/locales/jar.mn.
 ACDEFINES += -DBUILD_FASTER
 
-# Generic rule to fall back to the recursive make backend
-$(TOPOBJDIR)/%: FORCE
-	$(MAKE) -C $(dir $@) $(notdir $@)
-
 # Files under the faster/ sub-directory, however, are not meant to use the
 # fallback
 $(TOPOBJDIR)/faster/%: ;
 
 # And files under dist/ are meant to be copied from their first dependency
 # if there is no other rule.
 $(TOPOBJDIR)/dist/%:
 	rm -f $@
 	mkdir -p $(@D)
 	cp $< $@
 
+# Generic rule to fall back to the recursive make backend
+$(TOPOBJDIR)/%: FORCE
+	$(MAKE) -C $(dir $@) $(notdir $@)
+
 # Install files using install manifests
 #
 # The list of base directories is given in INSTALL_MANIFESTS. The
 # corresponding install manifests are named correspondingly, with forward
 # slashes replaced with underscores, and prefixed with `install_`. That is,
 # the install manifest for `dist/bin` would be `install_dist_bin`.
 $(addprefix install-,$(INSTALL_MANIFESTS)): install-%: $(TOPOBJDIR)/config/buildid
 	@# For now, force preprocessed files to be reprocessed every time.