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
diff --git a/raft/node.go b/raft/node.go
index 59d61284d..22332be6b 100644
--- a/raft/node.go
+++ b/raft/node.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ var (
 // SoftState provides state that is useful for logging and debugging.
 // The state is volatile and does not need to be persisted to the WAL.
 type SoftState struct {
-	Lead      uint64
+	Lead      uint64 // must use atomic operations to access; keep 64-bit aligned.
 	RaftState StateType
 }
 
diff --git a/raft/raftpb/raft.pb.go b/raft/raftpb/raft.pb.go
index 664b5b828..e60fb88df 100644
--- a/raft/raftpb/raft.pb.go
+++ b/raft/raftpb/raft.pb.go
@@ -183,9 +183,9 @@ func (x *ConfChangeType) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 func (ConfChangeType) EnumDescriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorRaft, []int{2} }
 
 type Entry struct {
-	Type             EntryType `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=Type,json=type,enum=raftpb.EntryType" json:"Type"`
 	Term             uint64    `protobuf:"varint,2,opt,name=Term,json=term" json:"Term"`
 	Index            uint64    `protobuf:"varint,3,opt,name=Index,json=index" json:"Index"`
+	Type             EntryType `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=Type,json=type,enum=raftpb.EntryType" json:"Type"`
 	Data             []byte    `protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=Data,json=data" json:"Data,omitempty"`
 	XXX_unrecognized []byte    `json:"-"`
 }
diff --git a/raft/raftpb/raft.proto b/raft/raftpb/raft.proto
index 42f10d269..8cd630046 100644
--- a/raft/raftpb/raft.proto
+++ b/raft/raftpb/raft.proto
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ enum EntryType {
 }
 
 message Entry {
+	optional uint64     Term  = 2 [(gogoproto.nullable) = false]; // must be 64-bit aligned for atomic operations
+	optional uint64     Index = 3 [(gogoproto.nullable) = false]; // must be 64-bit aligned for atomic operations
 	optional EntryType  Type  = 1 [(gogoproto.nullable) = false];
-	optional uint64     Term  = 2 [(gogoproto.nullable) = false];
-	optional uint64     Index = 3 [(gogoproto.nullable) = false];
 	optional bytes      Data  = 4;
 }