diff --git a/lib/rbtree_test.c b/lib/rbtree_test.c
index 31dd4ccd3baae800a4459088cca01ca560c3a536..df6c125ff5c21b149cee4bf397dab1608247f6fc 100644
--- a/lib/rbtree_test.c
+++ b/lib/rbtree_test.c
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 #define CHECK_LOOPS 100
 
 struct test_node {
-	struct rb_node rb;
 	u32 key;
+	struct rb_node rb;
 
 	/* following fields used for testing augmented rbtree functionality */
 	u32 val;