diff --git a/bsd-user/main.c b/bsd-user/main.c
index 283dc6fd25..da3b833975 100644
--- a/bsd-user/main.c
+++ b/bsd-user/main.c
@@ -898,9 +898,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         cpu_model = "any";
 #endif
     }
+
+    /* init tcg before creating CPUs and to get qemu_host_page_size */
     tcg_exec_init(0);
-    /* NOTE: we need to init the CPU at this stage to get
-       qemu_host_page_size */
+
     cpu_type = parse_cpu_model(cpu_model);
     cpu = cpu_create(cpu_type);
     env = cpu->env_ptr;
@@ -917,7 +918,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     envlist_free(envlist);
 
     /*
-     * Now that page sizes are configured in cpu_init() we can do
+     * Now that page sizes are configured in tcg_exec_init() we can do
      * proper page alignment for guest_base.
      */
     guest_base = HOST_PAGE_ALIGN(guest_base);
diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c
index 32347545c9..78d6d3e7eb 100644
--- a/linux-user/main.c
+++ b/linux-user/main.c
@@ -671,9 +671,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     }
     cpu_type = parse_cpu_model(cpu_model);
 
+    /* init tcg before creating CPUs and to get qemu_host_page_size */
     tcg_exec_init(0);
-    /* NOTE: we need to init the CPU at this stage to get
-       qemu_host_page_size */
 
     cpu = cpu_create(cpu_type);
     env = cpu->env_ptr;
@@ -693,7 +692,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     envlist_free(envlist);
 
     /*
-     * Now that page sizes are configured in cpu_init() we can do
+     * Now that page sizes are configured in tcg_exec_init() we can do
      * proper page alignment for guest_base.
      */
     guest_base = HOST_PAGE_ALIGN(guest_base);