diff --git a/_layouts/tags.html b/_layouts/tags.html
index 1c0e70231..128e176e4 100644
--- a/_layouts/tags.html
+++ b/_layouts/tags.html
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@
 
 {{ content }}
 
+{% assign tags_max = 0 %}
+{% for tag in site.tags %}
+  {% if tag[1].size > tags_max %}
+    {% assign tags_max = tag[1].size %}
+  {% endif %}
+{% endfor %}
+
 <ul class="taxonomy__index">
-  {% assign tags_max = 0 %}
-  {% for tag in site.tags %}
-    {% if tag[1].size > tags_max %}
-      {% assign tags_max = tag[1].size %}
-    {% endif %}
-  {% endfor %}
   {% for i in (1..tags_max) reversed %}
     {% for tag in site.tags %}
       {% if tag[1].size == i %}
@@ -24,13 +25,6 @@
   {% endfor %}
 </ul>
 
-{% assign tags_max = 0 %}
-{% for tag in site.tags %}
-  {% if tag[1].size > tags_max %}
-    {% assign tags_max = tag[1].size %}
-  {% endif %}
-{% endfor %}
-
 {% for i in (1..tags_max) reversed %}
   {% for tag in site.tags %}
     {% if tag[1].size == i %}