diff --git a/common/board_r.c b/common/board_r.c
index 231c6d6..c339aad 100644
--- a/common/board_r.c
+++ b/common/board_r.c
@@ -717,6 +717,9 @@ init_fnc_t init_sequence_r[] = {
 	initr_caches,
 #endif
 	initr_reloc_global_data,
+#if defined(CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_LOCK) && defined(CONFIG_E500)
+	initr_unlock_ram_in_cache,
+#endif
 	initr_barrier,
 	initr_malloc,
 	bootstage_relocate,
@@ -759,9 +762,6 @@ init_fnc_t init_sequence_r[] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_DELAYED_ICACHE
 	initr_icache_enable,
 #endif
-#if defined(CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_LOCK) && defined(CONFIG_E500)
-	initr_unlock_ram_in_cache,
-#endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_PCI) && defined(CONFIG_SYS_EARLY_PCI_INIT)
 	/*
 	 * Do early PCI configuration _before_ the flash gets initialised,