diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
index e69102696533e7224b74a1237f64c478eeb2ab18..f1aa1bcd36a0ab919824bbc78fe9a5db86914c88 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
@@ -241,9 +241,6 @@ int regcache_write(struct regmap *map,
 
 	BUG_ON(!map->cache_ops);
 
-	if (!regmap_writeable(map, reg))
-		return -EIO;
-
 	if (!regmap_volatile(map, reg))
 		return map->cache_ops->write(map, reg, value);
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
index e0d0c7d8a5c527867fb4ba05f4f21e74c43fcff2..0e85367e504d0781c7b8fcf94b775266e6c033d5 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
@@ -1261,6 +1261,9 @@ int _regmap_write(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg,
 	int ret;
 	void *context = _regmap_map_get_context(map);
 
+	if (!regmap_writeable(map, reg))
+		return -EIO;
+
 	if (!map->cache_bypass && !map->defer_caching) {
 		ret = regcache_write(map, reg, val);
 		if (ret != 0)