diff --git a/src/mess/machine/psxcd.c b/src/mess/machine/psxcd.c
index bb2fde31bc7..d17d3aa7f39 100644
--- a/src/mess/machine/psxcd.c
+++ b/src/mess/machine/psxcd.c
@@ -1154,8 +1154,8 @@ void psxcd_device::play_sector()
 
 	if (status&status_playing)
 	{
-		sectail=(sectail+1)&(sector_buffer_size-1);
 		m_spu->play_cdda(0,secbuf[sectail]);
+		sectail=(sectail+1)&(sector_buffer_size-1);
 
 		curpos.b[F]++;
 		if (curpos.b[F]==75)