diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
index d0effa3563e209d85cd21dc4bd713ad6e158e30e..a0eface6e99af462f9af8626c7be51cf6620ca71 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
@@ -677,6 +677,14 @@ static unsigned int azx_rirb_get_response(struct hda_bus *bus,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (!chip->polling_mode) {
+		snd_printk(KERN_WARNING SFX "azx_get_response timeout, "
+			   "switching to polling mode: last cmd=0x%08x\n",
+			   chip->last_cmd[addr]);
+		chip->polling_mode = 1;
+		goto again;
+	}
+
 	if (chip->msi) {
 		snd_printk(KERN_WARNING SFX "No response from codec, "
 			   "disabling MSI: last cmd=0x%08x\n",
@@ -692,14 +700,6 @@ static unsigned int azx_rirb_get_response(struct hda_bus *bus,
 		goto again;
 	}
 
-	if (!chip->polling_mode) {
-		snd_printk(KERN_WARNING SFX "azx_get_response timeout, "
-			   "switching to polling mode: last cmd=0x%08x\n",
-			   chip->last_cmd[addr]);
-		chip->polling_mode = 1;
-		goto again;
-	}
-
 	if (chip->probing) {
 		/* If this critical timeout happens during the codec probing
 		 * phase, this is likely an access to a non-existing codec