--- include/asm-i386/spinlock.h.old	Thu Oct 11 21:28:37 2001
+++ include/asm-i386/spinlock.h	Thu Oct 11 21:35:14 2001
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
 	"js 2f\n" \
 	".section .text.lock,\"ax\"\n" \
 	"2:\t" \
-	"cmpb $0,%0\n\t" \
 	"rep;nop\n\t" \
+	"cmpb $0,%0\n\t" \
 	"jle 2b\n\t" \
 	"jmp 1b\n" \
 	".previous"