diff --git a/sys/powerpc/powerpc/machdep.c b/sys/powerpc/powerpc/machdep.c
index ea315f586080..cee210bef57a 100644
--- a/sys/powerpc/powerpc/machdep.c
+++ b/sys/powerpc/powerpc/machdep.c
@@ -383,12 +383,12 @@ powerpc_init(vm_offset_t fdt, vm_offset_t toc, vm_offset_t ofentry, void *mdp,
 	if (platform_smp_get_bsp(&bsp) != 0)
 		bsp.cr_cpuid = 0;
 	pc = &__pcpu[bsp.cr_cpuid];
+	__asm __volatile("mtsprg 0, %0" :: "r"(pc));
 	pcpu_init(pc, bsp.cr_cpuid, sizeof(struct pcpu));
 	pc->pc_curthread = &thread0;
 	thread0.td_oncpu = bsp.cr_cpuid;
 	pc->pc_cpuid = bsp.cr_cpuid;
 	pc->pc_hwref = bsp.cr_hwref;
-	__asm __volatile("mtsprg 0, %0" :: "r"(pc));
 
 	/*
 	 * Init KDB