diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 38254297a494..eceaf496210f 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -477,8 +477,8 @@ const struct seq_operations fragmentation_op = {
 static const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
 	/* Zoned VM counters */
 	"nr_free_pages",
-	"nr_active",
 	"nr_inactive",
+	"nr_active",
 	"nr_anon_pages",
 	"nr_mapped",
 	"nr_file_pages",