diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_main.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_main.c
index 8e8c0310245f8507b388b1aa53e642b773245c11..262c2c0e43b4b162fae7530f88b143814abe8949 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_main.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_main.c
@@ -518,6 +518,9 @@ int ast_driver_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
 
 	ast_detect_chip(dev, &need_post);
 
+	if (need_post)
+		ast_post_gpu(dev);
+
 	if (ast->chip != AST1180) {
 		ret = ast_get_dram_info(dev);
 		if (ret)
@@ -528,9 +531,6 @@ int ast_driver_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
 			 ast->dram_bus_width, ast->vram_size);
 	}
 
-	if (need_post)
-		ast_post_gpu(dev);
-
 	ret = ast_mm_init(ast);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_free;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_post.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_post.c
index 64549cebcc5b12da856639f5b73adec97f1e26cb..e8024502e749db390c1a4ac9cf8c86785d7497db 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_post.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_post.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ ast_set_def_ext_reg(struct drm_device *dev)
 	const u8 *ext_reg_info;
 
 	/* reset scratch */
-	for (i = 0x81; i <= 0x8f; i++)
+	for (i = 0x81; i <= 0x9f; i++)
 		ast_set_index_reg(ast, AST_IO_CRTC_PORT, i, 0x00);
 
 	if (ast->chip == AST2300 || ast->chip == AST2400) {