diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/ssa.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/ssa.go
index 5d0098b..4124655 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/ssa.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/ssa.go
@@ -338,6 +338,10 @@
 	s.panics = map[funcLine]*ssa.Block{}
 	s.softFloat = s.config.SoftFloat
 
+	// Allocate starting block
+	s.f.Entry = s.f.NewBlock(ssa.BlockPlain)
+	s.f.Entry.Pos = fn.Pos
+
 	if printssa {
 		s.f.HTMLWriter = ssa.NewHTMLWriter(ssaDumpFile, s.f, ssaDumpCFG)
 		// TODO: generate and print a mapping from nodes to values and blocks
@@ -345,9 +349,6 @@
 		s.f.HTMLWriter.WriteAST("AST", astBuf)
 	}
 
-	// Allocate starting block
-	s.f.Entry = s.f.NewBlock(ssa.BlockPlain)
-
 	// Allocate starting values
 	s.labels = map[string]*ssaLabel{}
 	s.labeledNodes = map[*Node]*ssaLabel{}