diff --git a/src/fix_wall.h b/src/fix_wall.h
index 185edea237..4d78587ab8 100644
--- a/src/fix_wall.h
+++ b/src/fix_wall.h
@@ -35,21 +35,16 @@ class FixWall : public Fix {
 
   virtual void precompute(int) = 0;
   virtual void wall_particle(int, int, double) = 0;
-  
-  int nwall;
-  int wallwhich[6];
-  double coord0[6];
-  int varflag;
-  int wallstyle[6];
-  int varindex[6];
-  char *varstr[6];
- 
 
  protected:
-  double epsilon[6],sigma[6],cutoff[6];
+  int nwall;
+  int wallwhich[6],wallstyle[6];
+  double coord0[6],epsilon[6],sigma[6],cutoff[6];
+  char *varstr[6];
+  int varindex[6];
+  int eflag,varflag;
   double ewall[7],ewall_all[7];
   double xscale,yscale,zscale;
-  int eflag;
   int nlevels_respa;
   double dt;
   int fldflag;