diff --git a/util/data/msgreply.h b/util/data/msgreply.h
index 6210f079c..a8d59181f 100644
--- a/util/data/msgreply.h
+++ b/util/data/msgreply.h
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ struct reply_info {
 	 */
 	uint32_t prefetch_ttl;
 
+	/** 32 bit padding to pad struct member alignment to 64 bits. */
+	uint32_t padding;
+
 	/**
 	 * The security status from DNSSEC validation of this message.
 	 */
diff --git a/util/module.h b/util/module.h
index d74a500c3..f2ff7b1be 100644
--- a/util/module.h
+++ b/util/module.h
@@ -301,8 +301,6 @@ struct module_qstate {
 	struct regional* region;
 	/** failure reason information if val-log-level is high */
 	struct config_strlist* errinf;
-	/** how many seconds before expiry is this prefetched (0 if not) */
-	uint32_t prefetch_leeway;
 
 	/** which module is executing */
 	int curmod;
@@ -314,6 +312,8 @@ struct module_qstate {
 	struct module_env* env;
 	/** mesh related information for this query */
 	struct mesh_state* mesh_info;
+	/** how many seconds before expiry is this prefetched (0 if not) */
+	uint32_t prefetch_leeway;
 };
 
 /**