diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/ioremap.c b/arch/ia64/mm/ioremap.c
index 62328621f99cb6300545098549e6f83ab92dcb6c..643ccc6960ced30c6fdba1e34042d8def73969bd 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/mm/ioremap.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/mm/ioremap.c
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ __ioremap (unsigned long offset, unsigned long size)
 void __iomem *
 ioremap (unsigned long offset, unsigned long size)
 {
-	if (efi_mem_attribute_range(offset, size, EFI_MEMORY_UC))
-		return __ioremap(offset, size);
-
 	if (efi_mem_attribute_range(offset, size, EFI_MEMORY_WB))
 		return phys_to_virt(offset);
 
+	if (efi_mem_attribute_range(offset, size, EFI_MEMORY_UC))
+		return __ioremap(offset, size);
+
 	/*
 	 * Someday this should check ACPI resources so we
 	 * can do the right thing for hot-plugged regions.