diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/fpsimd.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/fpsimd.c
index 3c37a419fa82..14ea05c5134a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/fpsimd.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/fpsimd.c
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_put_fp(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 
 	if (vcpu->arch.flags & KVM_ARM64_FP_ENABLED) {
-		fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state();
-
 		if (guest_has_sve)
 			__vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, ZCR_EL1) = read_sysreg_el1(SYS_ZCR);
+
+		fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state();
 	} else if (host_has_sve) {
 		/*
 		 * The FPSIMD/SVE state in the CPU has not been touched, and we