diff --git a/screen.c b/screen.c
index 3fd903ac..c5b1ded0 100644
--- a/screen.c
+++ b/screen.c
@@ -188,11 +188,11 @@ move_client_to_screen(Client *c, int new_screen, Bool doresize)
     for(tag = globalconf.screens[old_screen].tags; tag; tag = tag->next)
         untag_client(c, tag, old_screen);
 
+    c->screen = new_screen;
+
     /* tag client with new screen tags */
     tag_client_with_current_selected(c);
 
-    c->screen = new_screen;
-
     if(doresize && old_screen != c->screen)
     {
         to = get_screen_area(c->screen, NULL, NULL);