diff --git a/etcdserver/server.go b/etcdserver/server.go
index dd232d5ef..d2324e57c 100644
--- a/etcdserver/server.go
+++ b/etcdserver/server.go
@@ -154,13 +154,13 @@ type Server interface {
 
 // EtcdServer is the production implementation of the Server interface
 type EtcdServer struct {
-	// r and inflightSnapshots must be the first elements to keep 64-bit alignment for atomic
-	// access to fields
-
-	// count the number of inflight snapshots.
-	// MUST use atomic operation to access this field.
-	inflightSnapshots int64
-	Cfg               *ServerConfig
+	// inflightSnapshots holds count the number of snapshots currently inflight.
+	inflightSnapshots int64  // must use atomic operations to access; keep 64-bit aligned.
+	appliedIndex      uint64 // must use atomic operations to access; keep 64-bit aligned.
+	// consistIndex used to hold the offset of current executing entry
+	// It is initialized to 0 before executing any entry.
+	consistIndex consistentIndex // must use atomic operations to access; keep 64-bit aligned.
+	Cfg          *ServerConfig
 
 	readych chan struct{}
 	r       raftNode
@@ -195,10 +195,6 @@ type EtcdServer struct {
 	// compactor is used to auto-compact the KV.
 	compactor *compactor.Periodic
 
-	// consistent index used to hold the offset of current executing entry
-	// It is initialized to 0 before executing any entry.
-	consistIndex consistentIndex
-
 	// peerRt used to send requests (version, lease) to peers.
 	peerRt   http.RoundTripper
 	reqIDGen *idutil.Generator
@@ -212,8 +208,6 @@ type EtcdServer struct {
 	// wg is used to wait for the go routines that depends on the server state
 	// to exit when stopping the server.
 	wg sync.WaitGroup
-
-	appliedIndex uint64
 }
 
 // NewServer creates a new EtcdServer from the supplied configuration. The