diff --git a/mutation/mutation_partition.cc b/mutation/mutation_partition.cc
index 223c8aee10..bd586c085b 100644
--- a/mutation/mutation_partition.cc
+++ b/mutation/mutation_partition.cc
@@ -1876,8 +1876,8 @@ mutation_querier::mutation_querier(const schema& s, query::result::partition_wri
                                    query::result_memory_accounter& memory_accounter)
     : _schema(s)
     , _memory_accounter(memory_accounter)
-    , _pw(std::move(pw))
     , _static_cells_wr(pw.start().start_static_row().start_cells())
+    , _pw(std::move(pw))
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/query-result-writer.hh b/query-result-writer.hh
index 2a228a387a..eb56a135ca 100644
--- a/query-result-writer.hh
+++ b/query-result-writer.hh
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ class range_tombstone_change;
 class mutation_querier {
     const schema& _schema;
     query::result_memory_accounter& _memory_accounter;
-    query::result::partition_writer _pw;
     ser::qr_partition__static_row__cells<bytes_ostream> _static_cells_wr;
+    query::result::partition_writer _pw;
     bool _live_data_in_static_row{};
     uint64_t _live_clustering_rows = 0;
     std::optional<ser::qr_partition__rows<bytes_ostream>> _rows_wr;