diff --git a/Objects/frameobject.c b/Objects/frameobject.c
index a933c4a6912..3a073b6fa02 100644
--- a/Objects/frameobject.c
+++ b/Objects/frameobject.c
@@ -642,6 +642,7 @@ PyFrame_New(PyThreadState *tstate, PyCodeObject *code, PyObject *globals,
 		f->f_trace = NULL;
                 f->f_exc_type = f->f_exc_value = f->f_exc_traceback = NULL;
 	}
+	f->f_stacktop = f->f_valuestack;
 	f->f_builtins = builtins;
 	Py_XINCREF(back);
 	f->f_back = back;
@@ -672,7 +673,6 @@ PyFrame_New(PyThreadState *tstate, PyCodeObject *code, PyObject *globals,
 	f->f_lineno = code->co_firstlineno;
 	f->f_iblock = 0;
 
-        f->f_stacktop = f->f_valuestack;
 	_PyObject_GC_TRACK(f);
 	return f;
 }