diff --git a/pkg/core/transaction/state_descriptor.go b/pkg/core/transaction/state_descriptor.go
index a839d17d2..05f0a7f12 100644
--- a/pkg/core/transaction/state_descriptor.go
+++ b/pkg/core/transaction/state_descriptor.go
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ func (s *StateDescriptor) DecodeBinary(r *io.BinReader) {
 	s.Type = DescStateType(r.ReadB())
 
 	s.Key = r.ReadVarBytes()
-	s.Value = r.ReadVarBytes()
 	s.Field = r.ReadString()
+	s.Value = r.ReadVarBytes()
 }
 
 // EncodeBinary implements Serializable interface.
 func (s *StateDescriptor) EncodeBinary(w *io.BinWriter) {
 	w.WriteB(byte(s.Type))
 	w.WriteVarBytes(s.Key)
-	w.WriteVarBytes(s.Value)
 	w.WriteString(s.Field)
+	w.WriteVarBytes(s.Value)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/core/transaction/state_test.go b/pkg/core/transaction/state_test.go
index 0c01406cd..53fb17e7c 100644
--- a/pkg/core/transaction/state_test.go
+++ b/pkg/core/transaction/state_test.go
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ func TestEncodeDecodeState(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(s.Descriptors))
 	descriptor := s.Descriptors[0]
 	assert.Equal(t, "03c089d7122b840a4935234e82e26ae5efd0c2acb627239dc9f207311337b6f2c1", hex.EncodeToString(descriptor.Key))
-	assert.Equal(t, "52656769737465726564", hex.EncodeToString(descriptor.Value))
-	assert.Equal(t, "\x01", descriptor.Field)
+	assert.Equal(t, "Registered", descriptor.Field)
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte{0x01}, descriptor.Value)
 	assert.Equal(t, Validator, descriptor.Type)
 
 	// Encode