Index: src/wp-includes/comment-template.php
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--- src/wp-includes/comment-template.php	(revision 30999)
+++ src/wp-includes/comment-template.php	(working copy)
@@ -2254,6 +2254,16 @@
 					<form action="<?php echo site_url( '/wp-comments-post.php' ); ?>" method="post" id="<?php echo esc_attr( $args['id_form'] ); ?>" class="comment-form"<?php echo $html5 ? ' novalidate' : ''; ?>>
 						<?php
 						/**
+						 * Filter the content of the comment textarea field for display.
+						 *
+						 * @since 3.0.0
+						 *
+						 * @param string $args_comment_field The content of the comment textarea field.
+						 */
+						echo apply_filters( 'comment_form_field_comment', $args['comment_field'] );
+						?>
+						<?php
+						/**
 						 * Fires at the top of the comment form, inside the form tag.
 						 *
 						 * @since 3.0.0
@@ -2318,16 +2328,6 @@
 							do_action( 'comment_form_after_fields' );
 							?>
 						<?php endif; ?>
-						<?php
-						/**
-						 * Filter the content of the comment textarea field for display.
-						 *
-						 * @since 3.0.0
-						 *
-						 * @param string $args_comment_field The content of the comment textarea field.
-						 */
-						echo apply_filters( 'comment_form_field_comment', $args['comment_field'] );
-						?>
 						<?php echo $args['comment_notes_after']; ?>
 						<p class="form-submit">
 							<input name="<?php echo esc_attr( $args['name_submit'] ); ?>" type="submit" id="<?php echo esc_attr( $args['id_submit'] ); ?>" class="<?php echo esc_attr( $args['class_submit'] ); ?>" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $args['label_submit'] ); ?>" />