diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c b/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c
index 2adb82e7f4b3689b2b17dc3a00bcfe4156f32dff..fc609550b7fa5385e01ce7f4f3c9dbc495477b0f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ static void l2c_enable(void __iomem *base, u32 aux, unsigned num_lock)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	l2c_unlock(base, num_lock);
-
 	writel_relaxed(aux, base + L2X0_AUX_CTRL);
 
+	l2c_unlock(base, num_lock);
+
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	__l2c_op_way(base + L2X0_INV_WAY);
 	writel_relaxed(0, base + sync_reg_offset);
@@ -368,12 +368,12 @@ static void l2x0_unlock(u32 cache_id)
 
 static void l2x0_enable(void __iomem *base, u32 aux, unsigned num_lock)
 {
-	/* Make sure that I&D is not locked down when starting */
-	l2x0_unlock(readl_relaxed(base + L2X0_CACHE_ID));
-
 	/* l2x0 controller is disabled */
 	writel_relaxed(aux, base + L2X0_AUX_CTRL);
 
+	/* Make sure that I&D is not locked down when starting */
+	l2x0_unlock(readl_relaxed(base + L2X0_CACHE_ID));
+
 	l2x0_inv_all();
 
 	/* enable L2X0 */