diff --git a/wai/wai-rs/src/jpegai_bitstream.rs b/wai/wai-rs/src/jpegai_bitstream.rs
index ed532215b..fe8a1146b 100644
--- a/wai/wai-rs/src/jpegai_bitstream.rs
+++ b/wai/wai-rs/src/jpegai_bitstream.rs
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ pub struct PictureHeader {
 /// prefix → `CCS_SGMM::decode_header` (`multi_threading_z`, quantizer β F-header,
 /// `region_partitioning`, quantizer β O-header) → the per-component tool groups
 /// (`multi_threading_r`, `num_chs`, then the tools in sub-tool order:
-/// `use_cube_flags`, `lsbs_enable`, `rvs_enable`, `grfs_enable` + channel flags) →
+/// `use_cube_flags`, `rvs_enable`, `grfs_enable` + channel flags, then `lsbs_enable`) →
 /// `gain_3D_enable` → `synthesis_tile_enable` per component.
 ///
 /// Branches not exercised by the 4:4:4 single-tile reference stream (region
@@ -464,13 +464,20 @@ pub fn parse_picture_header(data: &[u8], start_bit: usize) -> PictureHeader {
         let comp = &mut h.components[c];
         comp.num_threads_r = if br.read(1) == 1 { 1 << (br.read(2) + 1) } else { 1 };
         comp.num_chs = br.read(8) as u32;
+        // Only THREE flags precede the channel flags; the fourth TRAILS them. The
+        // tools own different parts of the walk, so `res_var_scale`'s pair
+        // (rvs_enable, grfs_enable) sits immediately before the channel flags it
+        // gates, and the remaining tool's flag is emitted after that group.
+        // Reading four up-front shifts `grfs_channel_flags` one bit late and
+        // corrupts them (while still landing on the right end_bit, since the extra
+        // leading bit is cancelled by one fewer channel flag).
         comp.use_cube_flags = br.read(1) == 1;
-        comp.lsbs_enable = br.read(1) == 1;
         comp.rvs_enable = br.read(1) == 1;
         comp.grfs_enable = br.read(1) == 1;
         if comp.grfs_enable {
             comp.grfs_channel_flags = (0..comp.num_chs).map(|_| br.read(1) == 1).collect();
         }
+        comp.lsbs_enable = br.read(1) == 1;
     }
     h.gain_3d_enable = br.read(1) == 1;
     for c in 0..2 {
diff --git a/wai/wai-rs/tests/jpegai_bitstream_calibration.rs b/wai/wai-rs/tests/jpegai_bitstream_calibration.rs
index 9d71a1de4..7242bb274 100644
--- a/wai/wai-rs/tests/jpegai_bitstream_calibration.rs
+++ b/wai/wai-rs/tests/jpegai_bitstream_calibration.rs
@@ -114,13 +114,15 @@ fn full_picture_header_matches_reference() {
     for c in 0..2 {
         let comp = &h.components[c];
         assert!(!comp.use_cube_flags, "c{c} use_cube");
-        assert!(comp.lsbs_enable && comp.rvs_enable && comp.grfs_enable, "c{c} lsbs/rvs/grfs");
+        assert!(comp.rvs_enable && comp.grfs_enable, "c{c} rvs/grfs precede the channel flags");
+        assert!(!comp.lsbs_enable, "c{c} lsbs trails the channel flags");
         assert_eq!(comp.grfs_channel_flags.len(), comp.num_chs as usize, "c{c} grfs flag count == num_chs");
         assert!(!comp.synthesis_tile_enable, "c{c} tile");
     }
-    // the grfs channel-selection counts match the sigma-additions gain fixture
-    assert_eq!(h.components[0].grfs_channel_flags.iter().filter(|&&b| b).count(), 4);
-    assert_eq!(h.components[1].grfs_channel_flags.iter().filter(|&&b| b).count(), 9);
+    // GRFS channel-selection counts — independently confirmed by deriving the same
+    // per-channel cwg assignment from the reference RVS output (both planes byte-exact)
+    assert_eq!(h.components[0].grfs_channel_flags.iter().filter(|&&b| b).count(), 5);
+    assert_eq!(h.components[1].grfs_channel_flags.iter().filter(|&&b| b).count(), 10);
 
     // the whole header consumed exactly to the padding boundary of the 49-byte PIH
     assert_eq!(h.end_bit, 437, "all PIH fields consumed");