priv->flags |= ID_LAST_MSG;
 
        rcar_i2c_write(priv, ICMAR, i2c_8bit_addr_from_msg(priv->msg));
+       if (!priv->atomic_xfer)
+               rcar_i2c_write(priv, ICMIER, read ? RCAR_IRQ_RECV : RCAR_IRQ_SEND);
+
        /*
         * We don't have a test case but the HW engineers say that the write order
         * of ICMSR and ICMCR depends on whether we issue START or REP_START. Since
                        rcar_i2c_write(priv, ICMCR, RCAR_BUS_PHASE_START);
                rcar_i2c_write(priv, ICMSR, 0);
        }
-
-       if (!priv->atomic_xfer)
-               rcar_i2c_write(priv, ICMIER, read ? RCAR_IRQ_RECV : RCAR_IRQ_SEND);
 }
 
 static void rcar_i2c_next_msg(struct rcar_i2c_priv *priv)