diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/rc_option_editor.cc b/gtk2_ardour/rc_option_editor.cc
index e702ffbff6..03f754f3f6 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/rc_option_editor.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/rc_option_editor.cc
@@ -1177,8 +1177,6 @@ RCOptionEditor::RCOptionEditor ()
 		sigc::mem_fun (*_rc_config, &RCConfiguration::set_monitoring_model)
 		);
 
-	add_option (_("Audio"), mm);
-
 #ifndef __APPLE__
         /* no JACK monitoring on CoreAudio */
         if (AudioEngine::instance()->can_request_hardware_monitoring()) {
@@ -1188,6 +1186,8 @@ RCOptionEditor::RCOptionEditor ()
 	mm->add (SoftwareMonitoring, _("ardour"));
 	mm->add (ExternalMonitoring, _("audio hardware"));
 
+	add_option (_("Audio"), mm);
+
 	add_option (_("Audio"),
 	     new BoolOption (
 		     "tape-machine-mode",