diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-versatile-fpga.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-versatile-fpga.c
index 70e2cfff8175..f1386733d3bc 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-versatile-fpga.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-versatile-fpga.c
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ int __init fpga_irq_of_init(struct device_node *node,
 	if (of_property_read_u32(node, "valid-mask", &valid_mask))
 		valid_mask = 0;
 
+	writel(clear_mask, base + IRQ_ENABLE_CLEAR);
+	writel(clear_mask, base + FIQ_ENABLE_CLEAR);
+
 	/* Some chips are cascaded from a parent IRQ */
 	parent_irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(node, 0);
 	if (!parent_irq) {
@@ -221,9 +224,6 @@ int __init fpga_irq_of_init(struct device_node *node,
 
 	fpga_irq_init(base, node->name, 0, parent_irq, valid_mask, node);
 
-	writel(clear_mask, base + IRQ_ENABLE_CLEAR);
-	writel(clear_mask, base + FIQ_ENABLE_CLEAR);
-
 	/*
 	 * On Versatile AB/PB, some secondary interrupts have a direct
 	 * pass-thru to the primary controller for IRQs 20 and 22-31 which need