diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/io.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/io.c
index 3e3d49c254c52ef09d80c1b964530c9289d00ec7..c025a3e5e3578beb3ecaa521333e3b1d97e98760 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/io.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/io.c
@@ -37,20 +37,20 @@ unsigned int ioread32(void __iomem *addr)
 
 void iowrite8(u8 b, void __iomem *addr)
 {
-	IO_CONCAT(__IO_PREFIX,iowrite8)(b, addr);
 	mb();
+	IO_CONCAT(__IO_PREFIX,iowrite8)(b, addr);
 }
 
 void iowrite16(u16 b, void __iomem *addr)
 {
-	IO_CONCAT(__IO_PREFIX,iowrite16)(b, addr);
 	mb();
+	IO_CONCAT(__IO_PREFIX,iowrite16)(b, addr);
 }
 
 void iowrite32(u32 b, void __iomem *addr)
 {
-	IO_CONCAT(__IO_PREFIX,iowrite32)(b, addr);
 	mb();
+	IO_CONCAT(__IO_PREFIX,iowrite32)(b, addr);
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ioread8);
@@ -176,26 +176,26 @@ u64 readq(const volatile void __iomem *addr)
 
 void writeb(u8 b, volatile void __iomem *addr)
 {
-	__raw_writeb(b, addr);
 	mb();
+	__raw_writeb(b, addr);
 }
 
 void writew(u16 b, volatile void __iomem *addr)
 {
-	__raw_writew(b, addr);
 	mb();
+	__raw_writew(b, addr);
 }
 
 void writel(u32 b, volatile void __iomem *addr)
 {
-	__raw_writel(b, addr);
 	mb();
+	__raw_writel(b, addr);
 }
 
 void writeq(u64 b, volatile void __iomem *addr)
 {
-	__raw_writeq(b, addr);
 	mb();
+	__raw_writeq(b, addr);
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(readb);