diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/lapic/secondary.S b/src/cpu/x86/lapic/secondary.S
index 67e44c46df..2ad70296ea 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/lapic/secondary.S
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/lapic/secondary.S
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ _secondary_start:
 	/* increment our cpu index */
 	movl	$1, %eax
 	lock	xadd %eax, cpucount
-	incl	%eax
 	movl	%eax, %ecx
+	incl	%eax
 
 	/* assign stack for this specific cpu */
 	mov	_stack, %esp