--- old/src/share/vm/oops/method.hpp	2013-01-23 09:55:05.000000000 -0800
+++ new/src/share/vm/oops/method.hpp	2013-01-23 09:55:05.000000000 -0800
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@
   InvocationCounter _backedge_counter;           // Incremented before each backedge taken - used to trigger frequencey-based optimizations
 
 #ifdef TIERED
-  jlong             _prev_time;                   // Previous time the rate was acquired
   float             _rate;                        // Events (invocation and backedge counter increments) per millisecond
+  jlong             _prev_time;                   // Previous time the rate was acquired
 #endif
 
 #ifndef PRODUCT