diff --git a/second/main.c b/second/main.c
index 5f55fa6..5a75766 100644
--- a/second/main.c
+++ b/second/main.c
@@ -180,9 +180,12 @@ int start(struct first_level_info* info)
 		ramdisk_start = 0;
 		printf("no RAMDISK\n");
 	}
-
 	ret = logical2physical((unsigned long)kernel, &physImage);
 
+	/* disable and flush cache */
+
+	disable_cache();
+
 	/* initialize bootinfo structure */
 
 	bootinfo_init(info->command_line, 
@@ -229,10 +232,6 @@ int start(struct first_level_info* info)
 	printf("Physical address of kernel will be 0x%08lx\n", start_mem);
 	printf("Ok, booting the kernel.\n");
 
-	/* disable and flush cache */
-
-	disable_cache();
-
 	/* kick off */
 
 	entry(physImage, uncompressed_size + BI_ALLOC_SIZE, start_mem);