diff --git a/libitm/ChangeLog b/libitm/ChangeLog
index 351b779e23f..adf42308ef3 100644
--- a/libitm/ChangeLog
+++ b/libitm/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-08-30  Torvald Riegel  <triegel@redhat.com>
+
+	* config/posix/rwlock.cc: Fix initialization order.
+
 2013-08-30  Torvald Riegel  <triegel@redhat.com>
 
 	* libitm_i.h (gtm_thread): Assign an asm name to serial_lock.
diff --git a/libitm/config/posix/rwlock.cc b/libitm/config/posix/rwlock.cc
index 488e9c2374c..61b6ad9cbd1 100644
--- a/libitm/config/posix/rwlock.cc
+++ b/libitm/config/posix/rwlock.cc
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ namespace GTM HIDDEN {
 // ??? Move this back to the header file when constexpr is implemented.
 
 gtm_rwlock::gtm_rwlock()
-  : mutex (PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER),
+  : summary (0),
+    mutex (PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER),
     c_readers (PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER),
     c_writers (PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER),
     c_confirmed_writers (PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER),
-    summary (0),
     a_readers (0),
     w_readers (0),
     w_writers (0)