diff --git a/drivers/mmc/sdhci.c b/drivers/mmc/sdhci.c
index 11d1f0c..f0c5aad 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/sdhci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/sdhci.c
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ static int sdhci_send_command(struct mmc *mmc, struct mmc_cmd *cmd,
 	/* Timeout unit - ms */
 	static unsigned int cmd_timeout = SDHCI_CMD_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
 
-	sdhci_writel(host, SDHCI_INT_ALL_MASK, SDHCI_INT_STATUS);
 	mask = SDHCI_CMD_INHIBIT | SDHCI_DATA_INHIBIT;
 
 	/* We shouldn't wait for data inihibit for stop commands, even
@@ -181,6 +180,8 @@ static int sdhci_send_command(struct mmc *mmc, struct mmc_cmd *cmd,
 		udelay(1000);
 	}
 
+	sdhci_writel(host, SDHCI_INT_ALL_MASK, SDHCI_INT_STATUS);
+
 	mask = SDHCI_INT_RESPONSE;
 	if (!(cmd->resp_type & MMC_RSP_PRESENT))
 		flags = SDHCI_CMD_RESP_NONE;