diff --git a/graphql/response.go b/graphql/response.go
index 927fabede6..6fe55d56dc 100644
--- a/graphql/response.go
+++ b/graphql/response.go
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/vektah/gqlparser/gqlerror"
 )
 
+// Errors are intentionally serialized first based on the advice in
+// https://github.com/facebook/graphql/commit/7b40390d48680b15cb93e02d46ac5eb249689876#diff-757cea6edf0288677a9eea4cfc801d87R107
+// and https://github.com/facebook/graphql/pull/384
 type Response struct {
-	Data       json.RawMessage        `json:"data"`
 	Errors     gqlerror.List          `json:"errors,omitempty"`
+	Data       json.RawMessage        `json:"data"`
 	Extensions map[string]interface{} `json:"extensions,omitempty"`
 }