diff --git a/lib/6to5/generator.js b/lib/6to5/generator.js
index 6f48131261..66c62297b7 100644
--- a/lib/6to5/generator.js
+++ b/lib/6to5/generator.js
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ function CodeGenerator(code, ast, opts) {
   opts = opts || {}
 
   this.tabWidth = 2;
-  this._indent  = 0;
   this.opts     = opts;
   this.ast      = ast;
   this.buf      = "";
 
-  this.line   = 1;
-  this.column = 0;
+  this.line    = 1;
+  this.column  = 0;
+  this._indent = 0;
 
   if (opts.sourceMap) {
     this.map = new sourceMap.SourceMapGenerator({
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ CodeGenerator.prototype.semicolon = function () {
   this.column++;
 };
 
+CodeGenerator.prototype.keyword = function (name) {
+  this.push(name);
+  this.push(" ");
+};
+
 CodeGenerator.prototype.push = function (str) {
   if (this._indent) {
     // we have an indent level and we aren't pushing a newline
@@ -151,11 +156,6 @@ CodeGenerator.prototype.print = function (node, parent) {
   }
 };
 
-CodeGenerator.prototype.keyword = function (name) {
-  this.push(name);
-  this.push(" ");
-};
-
 CodeGenerator.prototype.generateComment = function (comment) {
   var val = comment.value;
   if (comment.type === "Line") {