diff --git a/src/bgfx_p.h b/src/bgfx_p.h
index ffe7432a6..1b823f933 100644
--- a/src/bgfx_p.h
+++ b/src/bgfx_p.h
@@ -748,8 +748,9 @@ namespace bgfx
 
 		uint32_t reserve(uint16_t* _num)
 		{
-			BX_CHECK(m_num+_num < BGFX_CONFIG_MAX_MATRIX_CACHE, "Matrix cache overflow. %d (max: %d)", m_num+_num, BGFX_CONFIG_MAX_MATRIX_CACHE);
-			uint32_t num = bx::uint32_min(BGFX_CONFIG_MAX_MATRIX_CACHE-m_num, *_num);
+			uint32_t num = *_num;
+			BX_CHECK(m_num+num < BGFX_CONFIG_MAX_MATRIX_CACHE, "Matrix cache overflow. %d (max: %d)", m_num+num, BGFX_CONFIG_MAX_MATRIX_CACHE);
+			num = bx::uint32_min(num, BGFX_CONFIG_MAX_MATRIX_CACHE-m_num);
 			uint32_t first = m_num;
 			m_num += num;
 			*_num = (uint16_t)num;