diff --git a/crypto/sparccpuid.S b/crypto/sparccpuid.S
index ae61f7f5c..0cc247e48 100644
--- a/crypto/sparccpuid.S
+++ b/crypto/sparccpuid.S
@@ -235,10 +235,10 @@ _sparcv9_rdtick:
 .global	_sparcv9_vis1_probe
 .align	8
 _sparcv9_vis1_probe:
-	.word	0x81b00d80	!fxor	%f0,%f0,%f0
 	add	%sp,BIAS+2,%o1
-	retl
 	.word	0xc19a5a40	!ldda	[%o1]ASI_FP16_P,%f0
+	retl
+	.word	0x81b00d80	!fxor	%f0,%f0,%f0
 .type	_sparcv9_vis1_probe,#function
 .size	_sparcv9_vis1_probe,.-_sparcv9_vis1_probe