diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
index ee12e335fed8f..68decc2bf42bc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
@@ -1087,10 +1087,10 @@ void eeh_handle_normal_event(struct eeh_pe *pe)
 	eeh_slot_error_detail(pe, EEH_LOG_PERM);
 
 	/* Notify all devices that they're about to go down. */
-	eeh_set_channel_state(pe, pci_channel_io_perm_failure);
 	eeh_set_irq_state(pe, false);
 	eeh_pe_report("error_detected(permanent failure)", pe,
 		      eeh_report_failure, NULL);
+	eeh_set_channel_state(pe, pci_channel_io_perm_failure);
 
 	/* Mark the PE to be removed permanently */
 	eeh_pe_state_mark(pe, EEH_PE_REMOVED);
@@ -1207,10 +1207,10 @@ void eeh_handle_special_event(void)
 
 			/* Notify all devices to be down */
 			eeh_pe_state_clear(pe, EEH_PE_PRI_BUS, true);
-			eeh_set_channel_state(pe, pci_channel_io_perm_failure);
 			eeh_pe_report(
 				"error_detected(permanent failure)", pe,
 				eeh_report_failure, NULL);
+			eeh_set_channel_state(pe, pci_channel_io_perm_failure);
 
 			pci_lock_rescan_remove();
 			list_for_each_entry(hose, &hose_list, list_node) {