diff --git a/target/ppc/translate.c b/target/ppc/translate.c
index 153552ab5077ec9ce69a1405ffdaf0328c680a75..a03bafadbc84d572448522b59934dcdd78766f10 100644
--- a/target/ppc/translate.c
+++ b/target/ppc/translate.c
@@ -8380,8 +8380,6 @@ static bool decode_legacy(PowerPCCPU *cpu, DisasContext *ctx, uint32_t insn)
     opc_handler_t **table, *handler;
     uint32_t inval;
 
-    ctx->opcode = insn;
-
     LOG_DISAS("translate opcode %08x (%02x %02x %02x %02x) (%s)\n",
               insn, opc1(insn), opc2(insn), opc3(insn), opc4(insn),
               ctx->le_mode ? "little" : "big");
@@ -8510,6 +8508,7 @@ static void ppc_tr_translate_insn(DisasContextBase *dcbase, CPUState *cs)
     ctx->base.pc_next = pc += 4;
 
     if (!is_prefix_insn(ctx, insn)) {
+        ctx->opcode = insn;
         ok = (decode_insn32(ctx, insn) ||
               decode_legacy(cpu, ctx, insn));
     } else if ((pc & 63) == 0) {