diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c
index 0a22a1bb688c..bf25061c8ac4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c
@@ -407,15 +407,15 @@ static void radeon_flip_work_func(struct work_struct *__work)
 		radeon_fence_unref(&work->fence);
 	}
 
-	/* do the flip (mmio) */
-	radeon_page_flip(rdev, radeon_crtc->crtc_id, work->base);
-
 	/* We borrow the event spin lock for protecting flip_status */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&crtc->dev->event_lock, flags);
 
 	/* set the proper interrupt */
 	radeon_irq_kms_pflip_irq_get(rdev, radeon_crtc->crtc_id);
 
+	/* do the flip (mmio) */
+	radeon_page_flip(rdev, radeon_crtc->crtc_id, work->base);
+
 	radeon_crtc->flip_status = RADEON_FLIP_SUBMITTED;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&crtc->dev->event_lock, flags);
 	up_read(&rdev->exclusive_lock);