diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Guid.cs b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Guid.cs
index 8dea2d581b2b6..88e7114a49761 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Guid.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Guid.cs
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ public Guid(int a, short b, short c, byte[] d)
             _a = a;
             _b = b;
             _c = c;
-            _k = d[7]; // hoist bounds checks
             _d = d[0];
             _e = d[1];
             _f = d[2];
@@ -138,6 +137,7 @@ public Guid(int a, short b, short c, byte[] d)
             _h = d[4];
             _i = d[5];
             _j = d[6];
+            _k = d[7];
         }
 
         // Creates a new GUID initialized to the value represented by the