diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
index 0340224cf73c5c9db2d16185bd698a6ba6518fb8..9e617bd4a146250d7d3f453d50a45431fa261e08 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ static int restore_vfp_context(struct vfp_sigframe __user *frame)
 	if (magic != VFP_MAGIC || size != VFP_STORAGE_SIZE)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	vfp_flush_hwstate(thread);
+
 	/*
 	 * Copy the floating point registers. There can be unused
 	 * registers see asm/hwcap.h for details.
@@ -251,9 +253,6 @@ static int restore_vfp_context(struct vfp_sigframe __user *frame)
 	__get_user_error(h->fpinst, &frame->ufp_exc.fpinst, err);
 	__get_user_error(h->fpinst2, &frame->ufp_exc.fpinst2, err);
 
-	if (!err)
-		vfp_flush_hwstate(thread);
-
 	return err ? -EFAULT : 0;
 }