diff --git a/src/ol/format/kmlformat.js b/src/ol/format/kmlformat.js
index e81556d23f..acfde596cf 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/kmlformat.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/kmlformat.js
@@ -1943,11 +1943,6 @@ ol.format.KML.writePlacemark_ = function(node, feature, objectStack) {
     node.setAttribute('id', feature.getId());
   }
 
-  // serialize geometry
-  ol.xml.pushSerializeAndPop(context, ol.format.KML.PLACEMARK_SERIALIZERS_,
-      ol.format.KML.GEOMETRY_NODE_FACTORY_,
-      [feature.getGeometry()], objectStack);
-
   // serialize properties (properties unknown to KML are not serialized)
   var properties = feature.getProperties();
   var styleFunction = feature.getStyleFunction();
@@ -1968,6 +1963,11 @@ ol.format.KML.writePlacemark_ = function(node, feature, objectStack) {
   var values = ol.xml.makeSequence(properties, orderedKeys);
   ol.xml.pushSerializeAndPop(context, ol.format.KML.PLACEMARK_SERIALIZERS_,
       ol.xml.OBJECT_PROPERTY_NODE_FACTORY, values, objectStack, orderedKeys);
+
+  // serialize geometry
+  ol.xml.pushSerializeAndPop(context, ol.format.KML.PLACEMARK_SERIALIZERS_,
+      ol.format.KML.GEOMETRY_NODE_FACTORY_,
+      [feature.getGeometry()], objectStack);
 };
 
 
@@ -2187,7 +2187,7 @@ ol.format.KML.ICON_SERIALIZERS_ = ol.xml.makeStructureNS(
  */
 ol.format.KML.ICON_STYLE_SEQUENCE_ = ol.xml.makeStructureNS(
     ol.format.KML.NAMESPACE_URIS_, [
-      'Icon', 'heading', 'hotSpot', 'scale'
+      'scale', 'heading', 'Icon', 'hotSpot'
     ]);
 
 
@@ -2285,8 +2285,8 @@ ol.format.KML.MULTI_GEOMETRY_SERIALIZERS_ = ol.xml.makeStructureNS(
  */
 ol.format.KML.PLACEMARK_SEQUENCE_ = ol.xml.makeStructureNS(
     ol.format.KML.NAMESPACE_URIS_, [
-      'Style', 'address', 'description', 'name', 'open',
-      'phoneNumber', 'styleUrl', 'visibility'
+      'name', 'open', 'visibility', 'address', 'phoneNumber', 'description',
+      'styleUrl', 'Style'
     ]);
 
 
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/format/kmlformat.test.js b/test/spec/ol/format/kmlformat.test.js
index 64796ff84d..b3add3f507 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/format/kmlformat.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/format/kmlformat.test.js
@@ -1027,10 +1027,10 @@ describe('ol.format.KML', function() {
             ' xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2' +
             ' https://developers.google.com/kml/schema/kml22gx.xsd">' +
             '  <Placemark>' +
-            '    <address>My address</address>' +
-            '    <description>My description</description>' +
             '    <name>My name</name>' +
+            '    <address>My address</address>' +
             '    <phoneNumber>My phone number</phoneNumber>' +
+            '    <description>My description</description>' +
             '  </Placemark>' +
             '</kml>';
         expect(node).to.xmleql(ol.xml.load(text));
@@ -1451,6 +1451,8 @@ describe('ol.format.KML', function() {
             '  <Placemark>' +
             '    <Style>' +
             '      <IconStyle>' +
+            '        <scale>0.25</scale>' +
+            '        <heading>45</heading>' +
             '        <Icon>' +
             '          <href>http://foo.png</href>' +
             '          <gx:x>96</gx:x>' +
@@ -1458,10 +1460,8 @@ describe('ol.format.KML', function() {
             '          <gx:w>48</gx:w>' +
             '          <gx:h>48</gx:h>' +
             '        </Icon>' +
-            '        <heading>45</heading>' +
             '        <hotSpot x="12" y="12" xunits="pixels" ' +
             '                 yunits="pixels"/>' +
-            '        <scale>0.25</scale>' +
             '      </IconStyle>' +
             '    </Style>' +
             '  </Placemark>' +
@@ -1489,13 +1489,13 @@ describe('ol.format.KML', function() {
             ' xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2' +
             ' https://developers.google.com/kml/schema/kml22gx.xsd">' +
             '  <Placemark>' +
+            '    <name>foo</name>' +
             '    <Style>' +
             '      <LabelStyle>' +
             '        <color>ffdf220c</color>' +
             '        <scale>0.25</scale>' +
             '      </LabelStyle>' +
             '    </Style>' +
-            '    <name>foo</name>' +
             '  </Placemark>' +
             '</kml>';
         expect(node).to.xmleql(ol.xml.load(text));