diff --git a/app/propgui/gimppropgui-hue-saturation.c b/app/propgui/gimppropgui-hue-saturation.c
index 3ba5bbdfa5..91fc0c9429 100644
--- a/app/propgui/gimppropgui-hue-saturation.c
+++ b/app/propgui/gimppropgui-hue-saturation.c
@@ -244,18 +244,18 @@ _gimp_prop_gui_new_hue_saturation (GObject                  *config,
   gimp_spin_scale_set_label (GIMP_SPIN_SCALE (scale), _("_Hue"));
   gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox), scale, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
 
-  /*  Create the lightness scale widget  */
-  scale = gimp_prop_spin_scale_new (config, "lightness", 0.01, 0.1, 0);
-  gimp_prop_widget_set_factor (scale, 100.0, 1.0, 10.0, 1);
-  gimp_spin_scale_set_label (GIMP_SPIN_SCALE (scale), _("_Lightness"));
-  gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox), scale, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
-
   /*  Create the saturation scale widget  */
   scale = gimp_prop_spin_scale_new (config, "saturation", 0.01, 0.1, 0);
   gimp_prop_widget_set_factor (scale, 100.0, 1.0, 10.0, 1);
   gimp_spin_scale_set_label (GIMP_SPIN_SCALE (scale), _("_Saturation"));
   gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox), scale, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
 
+  /*  Create the lightness scale widget  */
+  scale = gimp_prop_spin_scale_new (config, "lightness", 0.01, 0.1, 0);
+  gimp_prop_widget_set_factor (scale, 100.0, 1.0, 10.0, 1);
+  gimp_spin_scale_set_label (GIMP_SPIN_SCALE (scale), _("_Lightness"));
+  gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox), scale, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
+
   hbox = gtk_box_new (GTK_ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL, 6);
   gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox), hbox, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
   gtk_widget_show (hbox);