diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/ism_drv.c b/drivers/s390/net/ism_drv.c
index c0631895154e6e7f5b3c7948a66741a302ea669f..8684bcec8ff46f5bb339ddb0957f3106d3e437be 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/ism_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/ism_drv.c
@@ -415,9 +415,9 @@ static irqreturn_t ism_handle_irq(int irq, void *data)
 			break;
 
 		clear_bit_inv(bit, bv);
+		ism->sba->dmbe_mask[bit + ISM_DMB_BIT_OFFSET] = 0;
 		barrier();
 		smcd_handle_irq(ism->smcd, bit + ISM_DMB_BIT_OFFSET);
-		ism->sba->dmbe_mask[bit + ISM_DMB_BIT_OFFSET] = 0;
 	}
 
 	if (ism->sba->e) {