diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel/Internal/Infrastructure/MemoryPoolIterator.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel/Internal/Infrastructure/MemoryPoolIterator.cs
index 34f8b44608..daf2d20f5c 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel/Internal/Infrastructure/MemoryPoolIterator.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel/Internal/Infrastructure/MemoryPoolIterator.cs
@@ -775,8 +775,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Internal.Infrastructure
         internal static int LocateFirstFoundByte(ref Vector<byte> byteEquals)
         {
             var vector64 = Vector.AsVectorInt64(byteEquals);
-            var i = 0;
             long longValue = 0;
+            var i = 0;
             for (; i < Vector<long>.Count; i++)
             {
                 longValue = vector64[i];