diff --git a/drivers/mfd/wcd9xxx-core.c b/drivers/mfd/wcd9xxx-core.c
index 5bcd0db929b3..54a5e9b1e0d9 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/wcd9xxx-core.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/wcd9xxx-core.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2011-2016, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+/* Copyright (c) 2011-2017, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
@@ -1508,9 +1508,9 @@ static int wcd9xxx_slim_device_down(struct slim_device *sldev)
 		return 0;
 
 	wcd9xxx->dev_up = false;
-	wcd9xxx_irq_exit(&wcd9xxx->core_res);
 	if (wcd9xxx->dev_down)
 		wcd9xxx->dev_down(wcd9xxx);
+	wcd9xxx_irq_exit(&wcd9xxx->core_res);
 	wcd9xxx_reset_low(wcd9xxx->dev);
 	return 0;
 }