diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/uvd_v1_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/uvd_v1_0.c
index c3e182bc6c59f3bfeb5b662ba351fdf552652ef9..e72b3cb593589876cc8999e8ab913cbf886b64f3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/uvd_v1_0.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/uvd_v1_0.c
@@ -319,12 +319,12 @@ int uvd_v1_0_start(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 	/* enable UMC */
 	WREG32_P(UVD_LMI_CTRL2, 0, ~(1 << 8));
 
+	WREG32_P(UVD_RB_ARB_CTRL, 0, ~(1 << 3));
+
 	/* boot up the VCPU */
 	WREG32(UVD_SOFT_RESET, 0);
 	mdelay(10);
 
-	WREG32_P(UVD_RB_ARB_CTRL, 0, ~(1 << 3));
-
 	for (i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
 		uint32_t status;
 		for (j = 0; j < 100; ++j) {