diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qcryptographichash.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qcryptographichash.cpp
index ef7f43a38c0..39a7e0824a1 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qcryptographichash.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qcryptographichash.cpp
@@ -220,8 +220,6 @@ public:
     QByteArrayView resultView() const noexcept { return result.toByteArrayView(); }
     static bool supportsAlgorithm(QCryptographicHash::Algorithm method);
 
-    const QCryptographicHash::Algorithm method;
-
 #ifdef USING_OPENSSL30
     struct EVP_MD_CTX_deleter {
         void operator()(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx) const noexcept {
@@ -279,6 +277,8 @@ public:
     QBasicMutex finalizeMutex;
     SmallByteArray result;
 
+    const QCryptographicHash::Algorithm method;
+
 #if !defined(QT_CRYPTOGRAPHICHASH_ONLY_SHA1) && !defined(USING_OPENSSL30)
     enum class Sha3Variant
     {