diff --git a/Source/cmCableData.cxx b/Source/cmCableData.cxx
index ca9eda061..0c0058166 100644
--- a/Source/cmCableData.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCableData.cxx
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
 cmCableData::cmCableData(const cmCableCommand* owner,
                          const std::string& configurationFile):
   m_Owner(owner),
+  m_OutputFileName(configurationFile),
+  m_OutputFile(configurationFile.c_str()),
   m_Indentation(0),
   m_Package(NULL),
   m_PackageNamespaceDepth(0),
-  m_PackageClassIndex(-1),
-  m_OutputFileName(configurationFile),
-  m_OutputFile(m_OutputFileName.c_str())
+  m_PackageClassIndex(-1)
 {
   this->InitializeOutputFile();
 }
diff --git a/Source/cmCableData.h b/Source/cmCableData.h
index 7dd5cc7c6..84223b4cf 100644
--- a/Source/cmCableData.h
+++ b/Source/cmCableData.h
@@ -79,22 +79,22 @@ private:
    * The cmCableCommand which created this instance of cmCableCommand.
    */
   const cmCableCommand* m_Owner;
+
+  /**
+   * The name of the output file opened as m_OutputFile.
+   */
+  std::string m_OutputFileName;  
+  
+  /**
+   * The output file to which the configuration is written.
+   */
+  std::ofstream m_OutputFile;
   
   /**
    * Current indentation for output.
    */
   Indentation m_Indentation;
   
-  /**
-   * The name of the output file opened as m_OutputFile.
-   */
-  std::string m_OutputFileName;
-  
-  /**
-   * The output file to which the configuration is written.
-   */
-  std::ofstream m_OutputFile;
-
   /**
    * The stack of namespaces.
    */