diff --git a/src/coreclr/vm/arm64/asmhelpers.asm b/src/coreclr/vm/arm64/asmhelpers.asm
index 13a93f9340b62e..39d91b74a547a9 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/vm/arm64/asmhelpers.asm
+++ b/src/coreclr/vm/arm64/asmhelpers.asm
@@ -1099,8 +1099,8 @@ JIT_PollGCRarePath
         PROLOG_WITH_TRANSITION_BLOCK
 
         INLINE_GETTHREAD x20, x19
-        cbz x20, NoManagedThreadOrCallStub
         mov x19, METHODDESC_REGISTER ; x19 contains IR bytecode address
+        cbz x20, NoManagedThreadOrCallStub
 
         ldr x11, [x20, #OFFSETOF__Thread__m_pInterpThreadContext]
         cbnz x11, HaveInterpThreadContext