diff --git a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/spk_types.h b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/spk_types.h
index 7398f1196e103..91fca3033a45a 100644
--- a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/spk_types.h
+++ b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/spk_types.h
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ enum {
 	E_NEW_DEFAULT,
 };
 
+/*
+ * Note: add new members at the end, speakupmap.h depends on the values of the
+ * enum starting from SPELL_DELAY (see inc_dec_var)
+ */
 enum var_id_t {
 	VERSION = 0, SYNTH, SILENT, SYNTH_DIRECT,
 	KEYMAP, CHARS,
@@ -42,9 +46,9 @@ enum var_id_t {
 	SAY_CONTROL, SAY_WORD_CTL, NO_INTERRUPT, KEY_ECHO,
 	SPELL_DELAY, PUNC_LEVEL, READING_PUNC,
 	ATTRIB_BLEEP, BLEEPS,
-	RATE, PITCH, INFLECTION, VOL, TONE, PUNCT, VOICE, FREQUENCY, LANG,
+	RATE, PITCH, VOL, TONE, PUNCT, VOICE, FREQUENCY, LANG,
 	DIRECT, PAUSE,
-	CAPS_START, CAPS_STOP, CHARTAB,
+	CAPS_START, CAPS_STOP, CHARTAB, INFLECTION,
 	MAXVARS
 };