Breakpoint on first instruction in program

I am using the following assembly language program (doNothingProg.s) for 
instruction purposes:

         .text
         .globl  main
         .type   main, @function
main:
         pushq   %rbp        # save caller's frame pointer
         movq    %rsp, %rbp  # establish our frame pointer
         movl    $0, %eax    # return 0 to caller
         movq    %rbp, %rsp  # restore stack pointer
         popq    %rbp        # restore caller's frame pointer
         ret                 # back to caller

I want to set a breakpoint at the first instruction (pushq %rbp) so 
students can see how the stack frame is created.

I am running Ubuntu 12.04.

Under a previous version ( GNU gdb 6.8-debian) I could do this.
Under the current version (GNU gdb (Ubuntu/Linaro 7.4-2012.04-0ubuntu2) 
7.4-2012.04) when I set the breakpoint on that line then run the 
program, it actually breaks at the third instruction (movl $0, %eax).

I understand that the first two instructions are the prologue to the 
actual "work" of this function, and since gdb is intended for higher 
level languages, but it is possible to make a mistake in the prologue in 
assembly language.

Is there any way to get gdb to honor my request for a breakpoint on the 
first instruction of the program? Again, my main goal here is to allow 
students to single step through the stack frame set up.

--Bob Plantz