diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mt65xx.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mt65xx.c
index 0cbdfbe605b55ebdcb3cb25e1ccac224ad9fabe2..33de99b7bc20c0ea215991c43efa1f89529e474e 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mt65xx.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mt65xx.c
@@ -475,6 +475,10 @@ static void mtk_i2c_init_hw(struct mtk_i2c *i2c)
 {
 	u16 control_reg;
 
+	writel(I2C_DMA_HARD_RST, i2c->pdmabase + OFFSET_RST);
+	udelay(50);
+	writel(I2C_DMA_CLR_FLAG, i2c->pdmabase + OFFSET_RST);
+
 	mtk_i2c_writew(i2c, I2C_SOFT_RST, OFFSET_SOFTRESET);
 
 	/* Set ioconfig */
@@ -529,10 +533,6 @@ static void mtk_i2c_init_hw(struct mtk_i2c *i2c)
 
 	mtk_i2c_writew(i2c, control_reg, OFFSET_CONTROL);
 	mtk_i2c_writew(i2c, I2C_DELAY_LEN, OFFSET_DELAY_LEN);
-
-	writel(I2C_DMA_HARD_RST, i2c->pdmabase + OFFSET_RST);
-	udelay(50);
-	writel(I2C_DMA_CLR_FLAG, i2c->pdmabase + OFFSET_RST);
 }
 
 static const struct i2c_spec_values *mtk_i2c_get_spec(unsigned int speed)