diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/aperture_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/aperture_64.c
index 0b837bb3becb409115c7cf34fb62e6838e4224ef..608152a2a05ea0931512542999272a9716562e9a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/aperture_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/aperture_64.c
@@ -85,10 +85,6 @@ static int __init aperture_valid(u64 aper_base, u32 aper_size)
 	if (!aper_base)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (aper_size < 64*1024*1024) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Aperture too small (%d MB)\n", aper_size>>20);
-		return 0;
-	}
 	if (aper_base + aper_size > 0x100000000UL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Aperture beyond 4GB. Ignoring.\n");
 		return 0;
@@ -97,6 +93,10 @@ static int __init aperture_valid(u64 aper_base, u32 aper_size)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Aperture pointing to e820 RAM. Ignoring.\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
+	if (aper_size < 64*1024*1024) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Aperture too small (%d MB)\n", aper_size>>20);
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	return 1;
 }