diff --git a/src/soc/nvidia/tegra124/lp0/tegra_lp0_resume.c b/src/soc/nvidia/tegra124/lp0/tegra_lp0_resume.c
index ed3c97d71e..f4bea9e50e 100644
--- a/src/soc/nvidia/tegra124/lp0/tegra_lp0_resume.c
+++ b/src/soc/nvidia/tegra124/lp0/tegra_lp0_resume.c
@@ -599,13 +599,13 @@ void lp0_resume(void)
 
 	config_tsc();
 
-	power_on_main_cpu();
-
 	// Disable VPR.
 	write32(0, mc_video_protect_size_mb_ptr);
 	write32(VIDEO_PROTECT_WRITE_ACCESS_DISABLE,
 		mc_video_protect_reg_ctrl_ptr);
 
+	power_on_main_cpu();
+
 	// Halt the AVP.
 	while (1)
 		write32(FLOW_MODE_STOP | EVENT_JTAG,