diff --git a/include/vlc_block.h b/include/vlc_block.h
index 60092e38bb..746310da9c 100644
--- a/include/vlc_block.h
+++ b/include/vlc_block.h
@@ -103,17 +103,16 @@ struct block_t
 {
     block_t     *p_next;
 
+    uint8_t     *p_buffer;
+    size_t      i_buffer;
+
     uint32_t    i_flags;
+    unsigned    i_nb_samples; /* Used for audio */
 
     mtime_t     i_pts;
     mtime_t     i_dts;
     mtime_t     i_length;
 
-    unsigned    i_nb_samples; /* Used for audio */
-
-    size_t      i_buffer;
-    uint8_t     *p_buffer;
-
     /* Rudimentary support for overloading block (de)allocation. */
     block_free_t pf_release;
 };
@@ -147,11 +146,11 @@ static inline block_t *block_Duplicate( block_t *p_block )
     if( p_dup == NULL )
         return NULL;
 
+    p_dup->i_flags   = p_block->i_flags;
+    p_dup->i_nb_samples = p_block->i_nb_samples;
     p_dup->i_dts     = p_block->i_dts;
     p_dup->i_pts     = p_block->i_pts;
-    p_dup->i_flags   = p_block->i_flags;
     p_dup->i_length  = p_block->i_length;
-    p_dup->i_nb_samples = p_block->i_nb_samples;
     memcpy( p_dup->p_buffer, p_block->p_buffer, p_block->i_buffer );
 
     return p_dup;
diff --git a/src/misc/block.c b/src/misc/block.c
index 9732134323..36fda91a05 100644
--- a/src/misc/block.c
+++ b/src/misc/block.c
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ void block_Init( block_t *restrict b, void *buf, size_t size )
 {
     /* Fill all fields to their default */
     b->p_next = NULL;
+    b->p_buffer = buf;
+    b->i_buffer = size;
     b->i_flags = 0;
+    b->i_nb_samples = 0;
     b->i_pts =
     b->i_dts = VLC_TS_INVALID;
     b->i_length = 0;
-    b->i_nb_samples = 0;
-    b->p_buffer = buf;
-    b->i_buffer = size;
 #ifndef NDEBUG
     b->pf_release = BlockNoRelease;
 #endif
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ static void BlockRelease( block_t *p_block )
 static void BlockMetaCopy( block_t *restrict out, const block_t *in )
 {
     out->p_next    = in->p_next;
+    out->i_nb_samples = in->i_nb_samples;
     out->i_dts     = in->i_dts;
     out->i_pts     = in->i_pts;
     out->i_flags   = in->i_flags;
     out->i_length  = in->i_length;
-    out->i_nb_samples = in->i_nb_samples;
 }
 
 /* Memory alignment (must be a multiple of sizeof(void*) and a power of two) */