diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dma.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dma.c
index e77373c39f8c..bec8e363d545 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dma.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dma.c
@@ -1888,11 +1888,11 @@ static int omap2_dma_handle_ch(int ch)
 		status = dma_read(CSR(ch));
 	}
 
+	dma_write(status, CSR(ch));
+
 	if (likely(dma_chan[ch].callback != NULL))
 		dma_chan[ch].callback(ch, status, dma_chan[ch].data);
 
-	dma_write(status, CSR(ch));
-
 	return 0;
 }