diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/OpenFlight/ReaderWriterFLT.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/OpenFlight/ReaderWriterFLT.cpp
index 641a05383..957f4f972 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/OpenFlight/ReaderWriterFLT.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/OpenFlight/ReaderWriterFLT.cpp
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ using namespace osgDB;
 
 class ReadExternalsVisitor : public osg::NodeVisitor
 {
-    bool _cloneExternalReferences;
     osg::ref_ptr<ReaderWriter::Options> _options;
+    bool _cloneExternalReferences;
 
 public: