diff --git a/core/model/DataObject.php b/core/model/DataObject.php
index 660877857..f345821f9 100644
--- a/core/model/DataObject.php
+++ b/core/model/DataObject.php
@@ -123,6 +123,18 @@ class DataObject extends ViewableData implements DataObjectInterface, i18nEntity
 	 */
 	protected $components;
 	
+	/**
+	 * Used by onBeforeDelete() to ensure child classes call parent::onBeforeDelete()
+	 * @var boolean
+	 */
+	protected $brokenOnDelete = false;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Used by onBeforeWrite() to ensure child classes call parent::onBeforeWrite()
+	 * @var boolean
+	 */
+	protected $brokenOnWrite = false;
+	
 	/**
 	 * Should dataobjects be validated before they are written?
 	 */
@@ -702,12 +714,6 @@ class DataObject extends ViewableData implements DataObjectInterface, i18nEntity
 		$this->extend('onAfterWrite', $dummy);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Used by onBeforeWrite() to ensure child classes call parent::onBeforeWrite()
-	 * @var boolean
-	 */
-	protected $brokenOnWrite = false;
-
 	/**
 	 * Event handler called before deleting from the database.
 	 * You can overload this to clean up or otherwise process data before delete this
@@ -726,12 +732,6 @@ class DataObject extends ViewableData implements DataObjectInterface, i18nEntity
 		$this->extend('onAfterDelete');
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Used by onBeforeDelete() to ensure child classes call parent::onBeforeDelete()
-	 * @var boolean
-	 */
-	protected $brokenOnDelete = false;
-
 	/**
 	 * Load the default values in from the self::$defaults array.
 	 * Will traverse the defaults of the current class and all its parent classes.