diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 9f06b29adaa4db235a7ea4de051e23cb65051c4a..4efd9af62e2515f0d5350d5880695c3f2dbe451b 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -237,8 +237,6 @@ struct request {
 	unsigned short write_hint;
 	unsigned short ioprio;
 
-	unsigned int timeout;
-
 	void *special;		/* opaque pointer available for LLD use */
 
 	unsigned int extra_len;	/* length of alignment and padding */
@@ -246,6 +244,8 @@ struct request {
 	enum mq_rq_state state;
 	refcount_t ref;
 
+	unsigned int timeout;
+
 	/* access through blk_rq_set_deadline, blk_rq_deadline */
 	unsigned long __deadline;