diff --git a/lib/geocoder/lookups/google.rb b/lib/geocoder/lookups/google.rb
index 337e31349432694fa17a342812552b8d34dd0f9a..d87f79bf506eaacd8d9bef4d65cefc5d1acd4051 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/lookups/google.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/lookups/google.rb
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ module Geocoder::Lookup
       "#{protocol}://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?" + url_query_string(query)
     end
 
+    private # ---------------------------------------------------------------
+
     def valid_response?(response)
       status = parse_json(response.body)["status"]
       super(response) and ['OK', 'ZERO_RESULTS'].include?(status)
     end
 
-    private # ---------------------------------------------------------------
-
     def results(query)
       return [] unless doc = fetch_data(query)
       case doc['status']; when "OK" # OK status implies >0 results