diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/tegra_avp_init.c b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/tegra_avp_init.c
index 619fecf..91fd894 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/tegra_avp_init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/tegra_avp_init.c
@@ -262,6 +262,9 @@
 	int num_cores;
 	unsigned int entry_address = 0;
 
+	/* put boarddata in scratch reg, for main CPU to fetch after startup */
+	writel(boarddata, TEGRA_PMC_BASE + PMC_SCRATCH(10));
+
 	if (tegra_cpu_is_maincomplex())
 		tegra_maincomplex_entry();
 
@@ -291,9 +294,6 @@
 	}
 	writel(entry_address, TEGRA_EXCEPTION_VECTORS_BASE + 0x100);
 
-	/* put boarddata in scratch reg, for main CPU to fetch after startup */
-	writel(boarddata, TEGRA_PMC_BASE + PMC_SCRATCH(10));
-
 	/* bring up main CPU complex */
 	start_cpu0_clocks();
 	maincomplex_powerup();