diff --git a/soundtrigger/2.0/default/SoundTriggerHalImpl.cpp b/soundtrigger/2.0/default/SoundTriggerHalImpl.cpp
index 612772c..2de35e8 100644
--- a/soundtrigger/2.0/default/SoundTriggerHalImpl.cpp
+++ b/soundtrigger/2.0/default/SoundTriggerHalImpl.cpp
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
 }
 
 SoundTriggerHalImpl::SoundTriggerHalImpl()
-    : mModuleName("primary"), mHwDevice(NULL), mNextModelId(1) {}
+    : mModuleName("primary"), mNextModelId(1), mHwDevice(NULL) {}
 
 void SoundTriggerHalImpl::onFirstRef() {
     const hw_module_t* mod;