diff --git a/src/common/Variant.h b/src/common/Variant.h
index cc99f198b..9a860a73c 100644
--- a/src/common/Variant.h
+++ b/src/common/Variant.h
@@ -93,10 +93,13 @@ private:
 		FUSERDATA,
 		NIL,
 		TABLE
-	} type;
+	};
 
 	static const int MAX_SMALL_STRING_LENGTH = 15;
 
+	Type type;
+	love::Type udatatype;
+
 	union Data
 	{
 		bool boolean;
@@ -111,8 +114,6 @@ private:
 		} smallstring;
 	} data;
 
-	love::Type udatatype;
-
 }; // Variant
 } // love