diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/gpio.c b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/gpio.c
index ccbd94adc668154ff58dbe19c90f8462d2ce6cca..c6483bad8a2652c3fbfc098ced8ba809e7d4ccba 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/gpio.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/gpio.c
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ static int mxc_gpio_direction_input(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset)
 static int mxc_gpio_direction_output(struct gpio_chip *chip,
 				     unsigned offset, int value)
 {
-	_set_gpio_direction(chip, offset, 1);
 	mxc_gpio_set(chip, offset, value);
+	_set_gpio_direction(chip, offset, 1);
 	return 0;
 }