diff --git a/src/flow.h b/src/flow.h
index 7cb5ee40c4..df1a09fe70 100644
--- a/src/flow.h
+++ b/src/flow.h
@@ -384,13 +384,14 @@ typedef struct Flow_
     /** Thread ID for the stream/detect portion of this flow */
     FlowThreadId thread_id[2];
 
+    /** flow hash - the flow hash before hash table size mod. Used for calculating
+     *  the flow_id. */
+    uint32_t flow_hash;
+
     struct Flow_ *next; /* (hash) list next */
     /** Incoming interface */
     struct LiveDevice_ *livedev;
 
-    /** flow hash - the flow hash before hash table size mod. */
-    uint32_t flow_hash;
-
     /** timeout in seconds by policy, add to Flow::lastts to get actual time this times out.
      *  Ignored in emergency mode. */
     uint32_t timeout_policy;