diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
index cb55cf2ba1e91a4279f3406f34216b4a59f4094e..f2552b19ea607d741082ca54aec28c4984b614f8 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
@@ -619,13 +619,13 @@ omap_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 err_free_irq:
 	free_irq(dev->irq, dev);
 err_unuse_clocks:
+	omap_i2c_write_reg(dev, OMAP_I2C_CON_REG, 0);
 	omap_i2c_disable_clocks(dev);
 	omap_i2c_put_clocks(dev);
 err_free_mem:
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 	kfree(dev);
 err_release_region:
-	omap_i2c_write_reg(dev, OMAP_I2C_CON_REG, 0);
 	release_mem_region(mem->start, (mem->end - mem->start) + 1);
 
 	return r;