diff --git a/crypto/fipsmodule/aes/asm/vpaes-armv8.pl b/crypto/fipsmodule/aes/asm/vpaes-armv8.pl
index 8b01fed..a39c1e4 100755
--- a/crypto/fipsmodule/aes/asm/vpaes-armv8.pl
+++ b/crypto/fipsmodule/aes/asm/vpaes-armv8.pl
@@ -1153,8 +1153,8 @@
 	st1	{v0.16b}, [$ivec]	// write ivec
 
 	ldp	x29,x30,[sp],#16
-	AARCH64_VALIDATE_LINK_REGISTER
 .Lcbc_abort:
+	AARCH64_VALIDATE_LINK_REGISTER
 	ret
 .size	vpaes_cbc_encrypt,.-vpaes_cbc_encrypt