diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-streamer.c b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-streamer.c
index fcc897fb247bc2bc14c01471f99eccc46c2dec73..392754c18046cb0ac8b4285ae653f59e23aff5a3 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-streamer.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-streamer.c
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ static int vimc_streamer_thread(void *data)
 	int i;
 
 	set_freezable();
-	set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 
 	for (;;) {
 		try_to_freeze();
@@ -137,6 +136,7 @@ static int vimc_streamer_thread(void *data)
 				break;
 		}
 		//wait for 60hz
+		set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 		schedule_timeout(HZ / 60);
 	}