diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/core.c b/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/core.c
index f4b25bf00b642658f6b48514584e60ea288e233e..8e37a045188cbcf4bc334d521186b8d4a2871d5d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/core.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/core.c
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ void ep93xx_devcfg_set_clear(unsigned int set_bits, unsigned int clear_bits)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&syscon_swlock, flags);
 
 	val = __raw_readl(EP93XX_SYSCON_DEVCFG);
-	val |= set_bits;
 	val &= ~clear_bits;
+	val |= set_bits;
 	__raw_writel(0xaa, EP93XX_SYSCON_SWLOCK);
 	__raw_writel(val, EP93XX_SYSCON_DEVCFG);