diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/board.c b/arch/arm/lib/board.c
index e0cb635..2f09ab9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/board.c
@@ -277,13 +277,13 @@ void board_init_f(ulong bootflag)
 	void *new_fdt = NULL;
 	size_t fdt_size = 0;
 
-	bootstage_mark_name(BOOTSTAGE_ID_START_UBOOT_F, "board_init_f");
-
 	/* Pointer is writable since we allocated a register for it */
 	gd = (gd_t *) ((CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR) & ~0x07);
 	/* compiler optimization barrier needed for GCC >= 3.4 */
 	__asm__ __volatile__("": : :"memory");
 
+	bootstage_mark_name(BOOTSTAGE_ID_START_UBOOT_F, "board_init_f");
+
 	memset((void *)gd, 0, sizeof(gd_t));
 
 	gd->mon_len = _bss_end_ofs;