diff --git a/blockstore/badger/blockstore.go b/blockstore/badger/blockstore.go
index 2c00f424077..dbdaad20d3b 100644
--- a/blockstore/badger/blockstore.go
+++ b/blockstore/badger/blockstore.go
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ const (
 // operation calls after Close() has returned, but it may not happen for
 // operations in progress. Those are likely to fail with a different error.
 type Blockstore struct {
-	DB *badger.DB
-
-	// state is guarded by atomic.
+	// state is accessed atomically
 	state int64
 
+	DB *badger.DB
+
 	prefixing bool
 	prefix    []byte
 	prefixLen int