1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
index ce2034c10ffb..9c6a5c13f1da 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
@@ -269,6 +269,9 @@ int regcache_sync(struct regmap *map)
         name = map->cache_ops->name;
         trace_regcache_sync(map->dev, name, "start");
 
+        if (!map->cache_dirty)
+                goto out;
+
         /* Apply any patch first */
         for (i = 0; i < map->patch_regs; i++) {
                 ret = _regmap_write(map, map->patch[i].reg, map->patch[i].def);
@@ -279,8 +282,6 @@ int regcache_sync(struct regmap *map)
                 }
         }
 
-        if (!map->cache_dirty)
-                goto out;
         if (map->cache_ops->sync) {
                 ret = map->cache_ops->sync(map);
         } else {