diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/nlctrl.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/nlctrl.yaml
index 7e7c158e3e73..6acac4aeab03 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/nlctrl.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/nlctrl.yaml
@@ -156,12 +156,12 @@ attribute-sets:
       -
         name: bitfield32-mask
         type: u32
-      -
-        name: mask
-        type: u64
       -
         name: pad
         type: pad
+      -
+        name: mask
+        type: u64
       -
         name: byte-order
         doc: Byte order of the attribute, absent means host byte order.