diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 9e517e3ac3..653d793fc0 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -704,11 +704,11 @@ def _formats_key(f):
                 preference,
                 f.get('language_preference') if f.get('language_preference') is not None else -1,
                 f.get('quality') if f.get('quality') is not None else -1,
-                f.get('height') if f.get('height') is not None else -1,
-                f.get('width') if f.get('width') is not None else -1,
-                ext_preference,
                 f.get('tbr') if f.get('tbr') is not None else -1,
                 f.get('vbr') if f.get('vbr') is not None else -1,
+                ext_preference,
+                f.get('height') if f.get('height') is not None else -1,
+                f.get('width') if f.get('width') is not None else -1,
                 f.get('abr') if f.get('abr') is not None else -1,
                 audio_ext_preference,
                 f.get('fps') if f.get('fps') is not None else -1,