diff --git a/compiler/ppc/call.lisp b/compiler/ppc/call.lisp
index 1e0c99bbd30a3f3632da2ca388bc9e0f19424a40..fd12a05db113a62566869f3fd5fc165f510f5233 100644
--- a/compiler/ppc/call.lisp
+++ b/compiler/ppc/call.lisp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 ;;; Scott Fahlman or slisp-group@cs.cmu.edu.
 ;;;
 (ext:file-comment
-  "$Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/compiler/ppc/call.lisp,v 1.11 2006/01/18 15:21:26 rtoy Exp $")
+  "$Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/compiler/ppc/call.lisp,v 1.12 2006/02/08 01:32:58 rtoy Exp $")
 ;;;
 ;;; **********************************************************************
 ;;;
@@ -833,8 +833,8 @@ default-value-8
 		 (return)))
 	   
 	   (note-this-location vop :call-site)
-	   (inst mtctr entry-point)
 	   (move code-tn function)
+	   (inst mtctr entry-point)
 	   (inst bctr))
 
 	 ,@(ecase return
diff --git a/compiler/ppc/macros.lisp b/compiler/ppc/macros.lisp
index 368b6c22bc483d57c6bdefb72d66bce66359098f..342ff45c36ea5e28526803fe3e924f29cd212422 100644
--- a/compiler/ppc/macros.lisp
+++ b/compiler/ppc/macros.lisp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 ;;; Scott Fahlman (FAHLMAN@CMUC). 
 ;;; **********************************************************************
 ;;;
-;;; $Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/compiler/ppc/macros.lisp,v 1.11 2006/01/18 15:21:26 rtoy Exp $
+;;; $Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/compiler/ppc/macros.lisp,v 1.12 2006/02/08 01:32:58 rtoy Exp $
 ;;;
 ;;; This file contains various useful macros for generating PC code.
 ;;;
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@
   `(progn
      (inst addi ,lip ,function (- (* vm:word-bytes vm:function-code-offset)
                                   vm:function-pointer-type))
-     (inst mtctr ,lip)
      (move code-tn ,function)
+     (inst mtctr ,lip)
      (inst bctr)))
 
 (defmacro lisp-return (return-pc lip &key (offset 0) (frob-code t))