diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa.c b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa.c
index 8676b35914e2..2101147e7d24 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa.c
@@ -624,16 +624,16 @@ static long ipa3_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 
 	IPADBG("cmd=%x nr=%d\n", cmd, _IOC_NR(cmd));
 
-	if (!ipa3_is_ready()) {
-		IPAERR("IPA not ready, waiting for init completion\n");
-		wait_for_completion(&ipa3_ctx->init_completion_obj);
-	}
-
 	if (_IOC_TYPE(cmd) != IPA_IOC_MAGIC)
 		return -ENOTTY;
 	if (_IOC_NR(cmd) >= IPA_IOCTL_MAX)
 		return -ENOTTY;
 
+	if (!ipa3_is_ready()) {
+		IPAERR("IPA not ready, waiting for init completion\n");
+		wait_for_completion(&ipa3_ctx->init_completion_obj);
+	}
+
 	IPA_ACTIVE_CLIENTS_INC_SIMPLE();
 
 	switch (cmd) {