Index: /trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Audio/DevHDA.cpp
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--- /trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Audio/DevHDA.cpp	(revision 71742)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Audio/DevHDA.cpp	(revision 71743)
@@ -4713,5 +4713,5 @@
 static DECLCALLBACK(int) hdaR3Destruct(PPDMDEVINS pDevIns)
 {
-    PDMDEV_CHECK_VERSIONS_RETURN_QUIET(pDevIns);
+    PDMDEV_CHECK_VERSIONS_RETURN_QUIET(pDevIns); /* this shall come first */
     PHDASTATE pThis = PDMINS_2_DATA(pDevIns, PHDASTATE);
     DEVHDA_LOCK(pThis); /** @todo r=bird: this will fail on early constructor failure. */
@@ -4753,8 +4753,7 @@
 static DECLCALLBACK(int) hdaR3Construct(PPDMDEVINS pDevIns, int iInstance, PCFGMNODE pCfg)
 {
-    RT_NOREF(iInstance);
-    PDMDEV_CHECK_VERSIONS_RETURN(pDevIns);
+    PDMDEV_CHECK_VERSIONS_RETURN(pDevIns); /* this shall come first */
     PHDASTATE pThis = PDMINS_2_DATA(pDevIns, PHDASTATE);
-    Assert(iInstance == 0);
+    Assert(iInstance == 0); RT_NOREF(iInstance);
 
     /*