diff --git a/test/asm/Makefile b/test/asm/Makefile
index 62f2f8dd1..a0825574c 100644
--- a/test/asm/Makefile
+++ b/test/asm/Makefile
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ CPUDETECT_BINS = $(foreach cpu,$(CPUDETECT_CPUS),$(WORKDIR)/$(cpu)-cpudetect.bin
 
 all: $(OPCODE_BINS) $(CPUDETECT_BINS)
 
-# cpudetect.o is written by multiple rules
-.NOTPARALLEL:
-
 $(WORKDIR):
 	$(call MKDIR,$(WORKDIR))
 
@@ -61,6 +58,9 @@ endef # OPCODE_template
 
 $(foreach cpu,$(OPCODE_CPUS),$(eval $(call OPCODE_template,$(cpu))))
 
+# cpudetect.o is written by multiple rules
+.NOTPARALLEL:
+
 define CPUDETECT_template
 
 $(WORKDIR)/$1-cpudetect.bin: cpudetect.s $(DIFF)