cmd = cmdnode->cmdbuf;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->driver_lock, flags);
+       priv->seqnum++;
+       cmd->seqnum = cpu_to_le16(priv->seqnum);
        priv->cur_cmd = cmdnode;
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->driver_lock, flags);
 
        /* Copy the incoming command to the buffer */
        memcpy(cmdnode->cmdbuf, in_cmd, in_cmd_size);
 
-       /* Set sequence number, clean result, move to buffer */
-       priv->seqnum++;
+       /* Set command, clean result, move to buffer */
        cmdnode->cmdbuf->command = cpu_to_le16(command);
        cmdnode->cmdbuf->size    = cpu_to_le16(in_cmd_size);
-       cmdnode->cmdbuf->seqnum  = cpu_to_le16(priv->seqnum);
        cmdnode->cmdbuf->result  = 0;
 
        lbs_deb_host("PREP_CMD: command 0x%04x\n", command);