diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen.c
index 1832136..6398c1f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen.c
@@ -5053,6 +5053,11 @@
 	/* enable aspm */
 	evergreen_program_aspm(rdev);
 
+	/* scratch needs to be initialized before MC */
+	r = r600_vram_scratch_init(rdev);
+	if (r)
+		return r;
+
 	evergreen_mc_program(rdev);
 
 	if (ASIC_IS_DCE5(rdev)) {
@@ -5078,10 +5083,6 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	r = r600_vram_scratch_init(rdev);
-	if (r)
-		return r;
-
 	if (rdev->flags & RADEON_IS_AGP) {
 		evergreen_agp_enable(rdev);
 	} else {