diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
index 74adb433c25725f1688c9f48443b18c3d79a7425..bbd4bde4f65d3eb760df9857695ee58847c4012f 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -508,8 +508,8 @@ static void __init setup_lowcore_dat_on(void)
 	S390_lowcore.svc_new_psw.mask |= PSW_MASK_DAT;
 	S390_lowcore.program_new_psw.mask |= PSW_MASK_DAT;
 	S390_lowcore.io_new_psw.mask |= PSW_MASK_DAT;
-	__ctl_store(S390_lowcore.cregs_save_area, 0, 15);
 	__ctl_set_bit(0, 28);
+	__ctl_store(S390_lowcore.cregs_save_area, 0, 15);
 	put_abs_lowcore(restart_flags, RESTART_FLAG_CTLREGS);
 	put_abs_lowcore(program_new_psw, lc->program_new_psw);
 	for (cr = 0; cr < ARRAY_SIZE(lc->cregs_save_area); cr++)