diff --git a/Code/Common/mvdVectorImageModel.h b/Code/Common/mvdVectorImageModel.h
index eacf06a96f0fe4c50f6712bcc6c79a314d2d4439..dfe4d9c619573b49f6ae31cf5079e5991fd9f278 100644
--- a/Code/Common/mvdVectorImageModel.h
+++ b/Code/Common/mvdVectorImageModel.h
@@ -366,6 +366,9 @@ protected:
 // Protected attributes.
 protected:
 
+  /** */
+  SourceImageType::Pointer m_Image;
+
   /*-[ PRIVATE SECTION ]-----------------------------------------------------*/
 
 //
@@ -461,9 +464,6 @@ private:
   // Default image reader
   DefaultImageFileReaderType::Pointer m_ImageFileReader;
 
-  /** */
-  SourceImageType::Pointer m_Image;
-
   // Buffer where to store the image pixels needed by the renderer
   unsigned char *                     m_RasterizedBuffer;