diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 824279c7884d..d15b1f68aef9 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ struct zone_padding {
 #endif
 
 enum zone_stat_item {
+	/* First 128 byte cacheline (assuming 64 bit words) */
 	NR_FREE_PAGES,
 	NR_INACTIVE,
 	NR_ACTIVE,
@@ -54,11 +55,12 @@ enum zone_stat_item {
 	NR_FILE_MAPPED,	/* pagecache pages mapped into pagetables.
 			   only modified from process context */
 	NR_FILE_PAGES,
-	NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE,
-	NR_SLAB_UNRECLAIMABLE,
-	NR_PAGETABLE,	/* used for pagetables */
 	NR_FILE_DIRTY,
 	NR_WRITEBACK,
+	/* Second 128 byte cacheline */
+	NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE,
+	NR_SLAB_UNRECLAIMABLE,
+	NR_PAGETABLE,		/* used for pagetables */
 	NR_UNSTABLE_NFS,	/* NFS unstable pages */
 	NR_BOUNCE,
 	NR_VMSCAN_WRITE,
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 2386716f1754..2ee7ec5e003f 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -447,11 +447,11 @@ static const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
 	"nr_anon_pages",
 	"nr_mapped",
 	"nr_file_pages",
+	"nr_dirty",
+	"nr_writeback",
 	"nr_slab_reclaimable",
 	"nr_slab_unreclaimable",
 	"nr_page_table_pages",
-	"nr_dirty",
-	"nr_writeback",
 	"nr_unstable",
 	"nr_bounce",
 	"nr_vmscan_write",