diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
index a0c551846b35f17627f2bccdff20ea8b1969c685..4766b6bed4439330a8cb10bd53abc25331bc3230 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
@@ -507,12 +507,13 @@ DEFINE_IDTENTRY_RAW(exc_nmi)
 	}
 	this_cpu_write(nmi_state, NMI_EXECUTING);
 	this_cpu_write(nmi_cr2, read_cr2());
+
+nmi_restart:
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NMI_CHECK_CPU)) {
 		WRITE_ONCE(nsp->idt_seq, nsp->idt_seq + 1);
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(!(nsp->idt_seq & 0x1));
 		WRITE_ONCE(nsp->recv_jiffies, jiffies);
 	}
-nmi_restart:
 
 	/*
 	 * Needs to happen before DR7 is accessed, because the hypervisor can
@@ -548,16 +549,16 @@ DEFINE_IDTENTRY_RAW(exc_nmi)
 
 	if (unlikely(this_cpu_read(nmi_cr2) != read_cr2()))
 		write_cr2(this_cpu_read(nmi_cr2));
-	if (this_cpu_dec_return(nmi_state))
-		goto nmi_restart;
-
-	if (user_mode(regs))
-		mds_user_clear_cpu_buffers();
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NMI_CHECK_CPU)) {
 		WRITE_ONCE(nsp->idt_seq, nsp->idt_seq + 1);
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(nsp->idt_seq & 0x1);
 		WRITE_ONCE(nsp->recv_jiffies, jiffies);
 	}
+	if (this_cpu_dec_return(nmi_state))
+		goto nmi_restart;
+
+	if (user_mode(regs))
+		mds_user_clear_cpu_buffers();
 }
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KVM_INTEL)