diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index 8c10b0562e75..621c517b325c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ struct nfs_direct_req {
 	struct nfs_direct_mirror mirrors[NFS_PAGEIO_DESCRIPTOR_MIRROR_MAX];
 	int			mirror_count;
 
+	loff_t			io_start;	/* Start offset for I/O */
 	ssize_t			count,		/* bytes actually processed */
 				max_count,	/* max expected count */
 				bytes_left,	/* bytes left to be sent */
-				io_start,	/* start of IO */
 				error;		/* any reported error */
 	struct completion	completion;	/* wait for i/o completion */