diff --git a/wolfssl/internal.h b/wolfssl/internal.h
index 0265dd2cd..6a3490e41 100644
--- a/wolfssl/internal.h
+++ b/wolfssl/internal.h
@@ -951,8 +951,8 @@ WOLFSSL_LOCAL int DoApplicationData(WOLFSSL* ssl, byte* input, word32* inOutIdx)
 
 /* wolfSSL buffer type */
 typedef struct buffer {
-    word32 length;
     byte*  buffer;
+    word32 length;
 } buffer;