diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 592669bcc536..90e6914bea0c 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -137,11 +137,11 @@ struct request {
 	unsigned int cmd_flags;		/* op and common flags */
 	req_flags_t rq_flags;
 
+	int tag;
 	int internal_tag;
 
 	/* the following two fields are internal, NEVER access directly */
 	unsigned int __data_len;	/* total data len */
-	int tag;
 	sector_t __sector;		/* sector cursor */
 
 	struct bio *bio;