diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-qnn/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/ggml-qnn/CMakeLists.txt
index af60de67d3..b8d84d078e 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-qnn/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-qnn/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ endif()
 
 message("QNN_SDK_PATH: ${GGML_QNN_SDK_PATH}")
 
-string(REGEX REPLACE "/$" "" GGML_QNN_DEFAULT_LIB_SEARCH_PATH "${QNN_DEFAULT_LIB_SEARCH_PATH}")
-add_compile_definitions(GGML_QNN_DEFAULT_LIB_SEARCH_PATH="${QNN_DEFAULT_LIB_SEARCH_PATH}/")
-
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -O3")
 
 file(GLOB QNN_SOURCES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/*.cpp")
@@ -32,3 +29,6 @@ ggml_add_backend_library(ggml-qnn
 
 target_include_directories(ggml-qnn PRIVATE ${GGML_QNN_SDK_PATH}/include/QNN ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
 target_link_libraries(ggml-qnn PRIVATE ${QNN_LINK_LIBRARIES})
+
+string(REGEX REPLACE "/$" "" GGML_QNN_DEFAULT_LIB_SEARCH_PATH "${QNN_DEFAULT_LIB_SEARCH_PATH}")
+target_compile_definitions(ggml-qnn PRIVATE GGML_QNN_DEFAULT_LIB_SEARCH_PATH="${QNN_DEFAULT_LIB_SEARCH_PATH}/")