diff --git a/Kernel/Syscall.cpp b/Kernel/Syscall.cpp
index 38a6fa77f7..611f338749 100644
--- a/Kernel/Syscall.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Syscall.cpp
@@ -196,9 +196,6 @@ NEVER_INLINE void syscall_handler(TrapFrame* trap)
         PANIC("Syscall from process with IOPL != 0");
     }
 
-    // NOTE: We take the big process lock before inspecting memory regions.
-    process.big_lock().lock();
-
     MM.validate_syscall_preconditions(process.space(), regs);
 
     FlatPtr function;
@@ -207,6 +204,9 @@ NEVER_INLINE void syscall_handler(TrapFrame* trap)
     FlatPtr arg3;
     regs.capture_syscall_params(function, arg1, arg2, arg3);
 
+    process.big_lock().lock();
+
+
     auto result = Syscall::handle(regs, function, arg1, arg2, arg3);
     if (result.is_error()) {
         regs.set_return_reg(result.error());