diff --git a/apps/gui/line.c b/apps/gui/line.c
index 449d01a896..55100f715c 100644
--- a/apps/gui/line.c
+++ b/apps/gui/line.c
@@ -190,14 +190,14 @@ static void print_line(struct screen *display,
     icon_h = get_icon_height(display->screen_type);
     icon_w = get_icon_width(display->screen_type);
     tempbuf_idx = 0;
-    /* vertically center string on the line
-     * x/2 - y/2 rounds up compared to (x-y)/2 if one of x and y is odd */
-    y += height/2 - display->getcharheight()/2;
     /* For the icon use a differnet calculation which to round down instead.
      * This tends to align better with the font's baseline for small heights.
      * A proper aligorithm would take the baseline into account but this has
      * worked sufficiently well for us (fix this if needed) */
     icon_y = y + (height - icon_h)/2;
+    /* vertically center string on the line
+     * x/2 - y/2 rounds up compared to (x-y)/2 if one of x and y is odd */
+    y += height/2 - display->getcharheight()/2;
 
     /* parse format string */
     while (xpos < max_width)