diff --git a/table.go b/table.go
index 1d3823f..6645f53 100644
--- a/table.go
+++ b/table.go
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ import (
 //
 // A Table must not be copied by value, see [Table.Clone].
 type Table[V any] struct {
+	// used by -copylocks checker from `go vet`.
+	_ noCopy
+
 	// the root nodes, implemented as popcount compressed multibit tries
 	root4 node[V]
 	root6 node[V]
@@ -37,9 +40,6 @@ type Table[V any] struct {
 	// the number of prefixes in the routing table
 	size4 int
 	size6 int
-
-	// used by -copylocks checker from `go vet`.
-	_ noCopy
 }
 
 // rootNodeByVersion, root node getter for ip version.