diff --git a/src/uu/wc/src/wc.rs b/src/uu/wc/src/wc.rs
index 396f6eeaf..cc55032a7 100644
--- a/src/uu/wc/src/wc.rs
+++ b/src/uu/wc/src/wc.rs
@@ -460,13 +460,6 @@ fn print_stats(
         write!(stdout_lock, "{:1$}", result.count.words, min_width)?;
         is_first = false;
     }
-    if settings.show_bytes {
-        if !is_first {
-            write!(stdout_lock, " ")?;
-        }
-        write!(stdout_lock, "{:1$}", result.count.bytes, min_width)?;
-        is_first = false;
-    }
     if settings.show_chars {
         if !is_first {
             write!(stdout_lock, " ")?;
@@ -474,6 +467,13 @@ fn print_stats(
         write!(stdout_lock, "{:1$}", result.count.chars, min_width)?;
         is_first = false;
     }
+    if settings.show_bytes {
+        if !is_first {
+            write!(stdout_lock, " ")?;
+        }
+        write!(stdout_lock, "{:1$}", result.count.bytes, min_width)?;
+        is_first = false;
+    }
     if settings.show_max_line_length {
         if !is_first {
             write!(stdout_lock, " ")?;
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_wc.rs b/tests/by-util/test_wc.rs
index 8cf10656a..2f586fe29 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_wc.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_wc.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ fn test_utf8() {
         .args(&["-lwmcL"])
         .pipe_in_fixture("UTF_8_test.txt")
         .run()
-        .stdout_is("    303    2119   23025   22457      79\n");
+        .stdout_is("    303    2119   22457   23025      79\n");
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ fn test_utf8_extra() {
         .arg("-lwmcL")
         .pipe_in_fixture("UTF_8_weirdchars.txt")
         .run()
-        .stdout_is("     25      87     513     442      48\n");
+        .stdout_is("     25      87     442     513      48\n");
 }
 
 #[test]