diff --git a/source4/build/pidl/parser.pm b/source4/build/pidl/parser.pm
index d7f3814abd1..67602c42625 100644
--- a/source4/build/pidl/parser.pm
+++ b/source4/build/pidl/parser.pm
@@ -770,8 +770,6 @@ sub ParseStructPull($)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	start_flags($struct);
-
 	# see if the structure contains a conformant array. If it
 	# does, then it must be the last element of the structure, and
 	# we need to pull the conformant length early, as it fits on
@@ -792,6 +790,8 @@ sub ParseStructPull($)
 		}
 	}
 
+	start_flags($struct);
+
 	pidl "\tif (!(ndr_flags & NDR_SCALARS)) goto buffers;\n";
 
 	pidl "\tNDR_CHECK(ndr_pull_struct_start(ndr));\n";