diff --git a/timm/models/metaformers.py b/timm/models/metaformers.py
index db9421dc..01c4ee5f 100644
--- a/timm/models/metaformers.py
+++ b/timm/models/metaformers.py
@@ -583,8 +583,8 @@ class MetaFormer(nn.Module):
     def forward_head(self, x, pre_logits: bool = False):
         # NOTE nn.Sequential in head broken down since can't call head[:-1](x) in torchscript :(
         x = self.head.global_pool(x)
+        x = self.head.norm(x.permute(0, 2, 3, 1)).permute(0, 3, 1, 2)
         x = self.head.flatten(x)
-        x = self.head.norm(x)
         return x if pre_logits else self.head.fc(x)
         
     def forward_features(self, x):