diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/d3d11/d3d11_context1_wrap.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/d3d11/d3d11_context1_wrap.cpp
index 73f45dbb1..0e95fee3a 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/d3d11/d3d11_context1_wrap.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/d3d11/d3d11_context1_wrap.cpp
@@ -201,7 +201,6 @@ bool WrappedID3D11DeviceContext::Serialise_UpdateSubresource1(
       Contents = new byte[(size_t)ContentsLength];
 
     SERIALISE_ELEMENT_ARRAY(Contents, ContentsLength);
-    SERIALISE_ELEMENT(ContentsLength);
 
     // the automatic deserialisation only happens when reading, when writing we need to
     // free this data
@@ -213,6 +212,8 @@ bool WrappedID3D11DeviceContext::Serialise_UpdateSubresource1(
         record->SetDataOffset(ser.GetWriter()->GetOffset() - ContentsLength);
     }
 
+    SERIALISE_ELEMENT(ContentsLength);
+
     // nothing more to do here during write - the parent function will handle setting the record's
     // data pointer and either marking the resource as dirty or updating the backing store with
     // pSrcData passed in
diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/d3d11/d3d11_device_wrap.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/d3d11/d3d11_device_wrap.cpp
index ebdf89989..05e5e0820 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/d3d11/d3d11_device_wrap.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/d3d11/d3d11_device_wrap.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ bool WrappedID3D11Device::Serialise_CreateBuffer(SerialiserType &ser, const D3D1
   }
 
   SERIALISE_ELEMENT_ARRAY(InitialData, InitialDataLength);
-  SERIALISE_ELEMENT(InitialDataLength);
 
   if(ser.IsWriting())
   {
@@ -87,6 +86,8 @@ bool WrappedID3D11Device::Serialise_CreateBuffer(SerialiserType &ser, const D3D1
     record->Length = Descriptor.ByteWidth;
   }
 
+  SERIALISE_ELEMENT(InitialDataLength);
+
   SERIALISE_CHECK_READ_ERRORS();
 
   if(IsReplayingAndReading())
@@ -330,7 +331,6 @@ std::vector<D3D11_SUBRESOURCE_DATA> WrappedID3D11Device::Serialise_CreateTexture
     }
 
     SERIALISE_ELEMENT_ARRAY(SubresourceContents, SubresourceContentsLength);
-    SERIALISE_ELEMENT(SubresourceContentsLength);
 
     if(ser.IsWriting())
     {
@@ -339,6 +339,8 @@ std::vector<D3D11_SUBRESOURCE_DATA> WrappedID3D11Device::Serialise_CreateTexture
       record->SubResources[i]->SetDataOffset(ser.GetWriter()->GetOffset() - SubresourceContentsLength);
     }
 
+    SERIALISE_ELEMENT(SubresourceContentsLength);
+
     if(IsReplayingAndReading())
     {
       // we 'steal' the SubresourceContents buffer so it doesn't get de-serialised and free'd