diff --git a/text-utils/more.c b/text-utils/more.c
index ee42dffb9..3cb2ca3af 100644
--- a/text-utils/more.c
+++ b/text-utils/more.c
@@ -1250,10 +1250,10 @@ static void execute(struct more_control *ctl, char *filename, char *cmd, ...)
 		va_end(argp);
 
 		if (geteuid() != getuid() || getegid() != getgid()) {
-			if (setuid(getuid()) < 0)
-				err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("setuid failed"));
 			if (setgid(getgid()) < 0)
 				err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("setgid failed"));
+			if (setuid(getuid()) < 0)
+				err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("setuid failed"));
 		}
 
 		execvp(cmd, args);