diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-fitimage.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-fitimage.bbclass
index f5f02f30f0..8e66f32676 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-fitimage.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-fitimage.bbclass
@@ -128,11 +128,11 @@ fitimage_emit_section_kernel() {
 	cat << EOF >> $1
                 kernel-$2 {
                         description = "Linux kernel";
-                        data = /incbin/("$3");
                         type = "${UBOOT_MKIMAGE_KERNEL_TYPE}";
+                        compression = "$4";
+                        data = /incbin/("$3");
                         arch = "${UBOOT_ARCH}";
                         os = "linux";
-                        compression = "$4";
                         load = <${UBOOT_LOADADDRESS}>;
                         entry = <$ENTRYPOINT>;
                         hash-1 {
@@ -177,10 +177,10 @@ fitimage_emit_section_dtb() {
 	cat << EOF >> $1
                 fdt-$2 {
                         description = "Flattened Device Tree blob";
-                        data = /incbin/("$3");
                         type = "flat_dt";
-                        arch = "${UBOOT_ARCH}";
                         compression = "none";
+                        data = /incbin/("$3");
+                        arch = "${UBOOT_ARCH}";
                         $dtb_loadline
                         hash-1 {
                                 algo = "$dtb_csum";
@@ -215,10 +215,10 @@ fitimage_emit_section_boot_script() {
         cat << EOF >> $1
                 bootscr-$2 {
                         description = "U-boot script";
-                        data = /incbin/("$3");
                         type = "script";
-                        arch = "${UBOOT_ARCH}";
                         compression = "none";
+                        data = /incbin/("$3");
+                        arch = "${UBOOT_ARCH}";
                         hash-1 {
                                 algo = "$bootscr_csum";
                         };
@@ -252,11 +252,11 @@ fitimage_emit_section_setup() {
 	cat << EOF >> $1
                 setup-$2 {
                         description = "Linux setup.bin";
-                        data = /incbin/("$3");
                         type = "x86_setup";
+                        compression = "none";
+                        data = /incbin/("$3");
                         arch = "${UBOOT_ARCH}";
                         os = "linux";
-                        compression = "none";
                         load = <0x00090000>;
                         entry = <0x00090000>;
                         hash-1 {
@@ -301,11 +301,11 @@ fitimage_emit_section_ramdisk() {
 	cat << EOF >> $1
                 ramdisk-$2 {
                         description = "${INITRAMFS_IMAGE}";
-                        data = /incbin/("$3");
                         type = "ramdisk";
+                        compression = "none";
+                        data = /incbin/("$3");
                         arch = "${UBOOT_ARCH}";
                         os = "linux";
-                        compression = "none";
                         $ramdisk_loadline
                         $ramdisk_entryline
                         hash-1 {
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/fitimage.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/fitimage.py
index fcba28b7b7..9c353b6ed1 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/fitimage.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/fitimage.py
@@ -513,11 +513,11 @@ class KernelFitImageTests(FitImageTestCase):
         its_field_check = [
             'description = "%s";' % bb_vars['FIT_DESC'],
             'description = "Linux kernel";',
-            'data = /incbin/("linux.bin");',
             'type = "' + str(bb_vars['UBOOT_MKIMAGE_KERNEL_TYPE']) + '";',
+            # 'compression = "' + str(bb_vars['FIT_KERNEL_COMP_ALG']) + '";', defined based on files in TMPDIR, not ideal...
+            'data = /incbin/("linux.bin");',
             'arch = "' + str(bb_vars['UBOOT_ARCH']) + '";',
             'os = "linux";',
-            # 'compression = "' + str(bb_vars['FIT_KERNEL_COMP_ALG']) + '";', defined based on files in TMPDIR, not ideal...
             'load = <' + str(bb_vars['UBOOT_LOADADDRESS']) + '>;',
             'entry = <' + str(bb_vars['UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT']) + '>;',
         ]