diff --git a/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qmp.c b/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qmp.c
index ecff2616dc84b952eacb80b5b2b2e5bf6c10f147..edb6bbe95558a610ebd5af2e08acb8abf11b7d5d 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qmp.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qmp.c
@@ -896,12 +896,12 @@ static int qcom_qmp_phy_init(struct phy *phy)
 	if (cfg->has_pwrdn_delay)
 		usleep_range(cfg->pwrdn_delay_min, cfg->pwrdn_delay_max);
 
-	/* start SerDes and Phy-Coding-Sublayer */
-	qphy_setbits(pcs, cfg->regs[QPHY_START_CTRL], cfg->start_ctrl);
-
 	/* Pull PHY out of reset state */
 	qphy_clrbits(pcs, cfg->regs[QPHY_SW_RESET], SW_RESET);
 
+	/* start SerDes and Phy-Coding-Sublayer */
+	qphy_setbits(pcs, cfg->regs[QPHY_START_CTRL], cfg->start_ctrl);
+
 	status = pcs + cfg->regs[QPHY_PCS_READY_STATUS];
 	mask = cfg->mask_pcs_ready;