diff --git a/pandas/core/config.py b/pandas/core/config.py
index 60dc1d7d0341e..6768e0af0dfb6 100644
--- a/pandas/core/config.py
+++ b/pandas/core/config.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 import re
 
 from collections import namedtuple
+from contextlib import contextmanager
 import warnings
 from pandas.compat import map, lmap, u
 import pandas.compat as compat
@@ -681,8 +682,6 @@ def pp(name, ks):
 #
 # helpers
 
-from contextlib import contextmanager
-
 
 @contextmanager
 def config_prefix(prefix):