diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index cfb0d87b99fcafb8ff0eb753e0ea489dc20478dd..5a8058e44f58409ab6c2ee68548a3aa5aea17a91 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -451,8 +451,8 @@ struct signal_struct {
 	 * - everyone except group_exit_task is stopped during signal delivery
 	 *   of fatal signals, group_exit_task processes the signal.
 	 */
-	struct task_struct	*group_exit_task;
 	int			notify_count;
+	struct task_struct	*group_exit_task;
 
 	/* thread group stop support, overloads group_exit_code too */
 	int			group_stop_count;