diff --git a/bochs/cpu/proc_ctrl.cc b/bochs/cpu/proc_ctrl.cc
index e3d684f61..4b629d03a 100644
--- a/bochs/cpu/proc_ctrl.cc
+++ b/bochs/cpu/proc_ctrl.cc
@@ -330,17 +330,17 @@ void BX_CPP_AttrRegparmN(1) BX_CPU_C::MOVDIR64B(bxInstruction_c *i)
 {
 #if BX_CPU_LEVEL >= 6
 
-#if BX_SUPPORT_X86_64
-  bx_address src_eaddr = BX_READ_64BIT_REG(i->dst()) & i->asize_mask();
-#else
-  bx_address src_eaddr = BX_READ_32BIT_REG(i->dst()) & i->asize_mask();
-#endif
-
   BxPackedZmmRegister zmm; // zmm is always made available even if EVEX is not compiled in
-  read_virtual_zmmword(BX_SEG_REG_ES, src_eaddr, &zmm);
+  bx_address src_eaddr = BX_CPU_RESOLVE_ADDR(i);
+  read_virtual_zmmword(i->seg(), src_eaddr, &zmm);
+
+#if BX_SUPPORT_X86_64
+  bx_address dst_eaddr = BX_READ_64BIT_REG(i->dst());
+#else
+  bx_address dst_eaddr = BX_READ_32BIT_REG(i->dst());
+#endif
+  write_virtual_zmmword_aligned(BX_SEG_REG_ES, dst_eaddr & i->asize_mask(), &zmm);
 
-  bx_address dst_eaddr = BX_CPU_RESOLVE_ADDR(i);
-  write_virtual_zmmword_aligned(i->seg(), dst_eaddr, &zmm);
 #endif
 
   BX_NEXT_INSTR(i);