diff --git a/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c b/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c
index 5f6c21d4b59b..d7167932113a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ void omap_mcbsp_config(struct omap_mcbsp *mcbsp,
 		MCBSP_WRITE(mcbsp, XCCR, config->xccr);
 		MCBSP_WRITE(mcbsp, RCCR, config->rccr);
 	}
+	/* Enable wakeup behavior */
+	if (mcbsp->pdata->has_wakeup)
+		MCBSP_WRITE(mcbsp, WAKEUPEN, XRDYEN | RRDYEN);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -479,10 +482,6 @@ int omap_mcbsp_request(struct omap_mcbsp *mcbsp)
 	if (mcbsp->pdata && mcbsp->pdata->ops && mcbsp->pdata->ops->request)
 		mcbsp->pdata->ops->request(mcbsp->id - 1);
 
-	/* Enable wakeup behavior */
-	if (mcbsp->pdata->has_wakeup)
-		MCBSP_WRITE(mcbsp, WAKEUPEN, XRDYEN | RRDYEN);
-
 	/*
 	 * Make sure that transmitter, receiver and sample-rate generator are
 	 * not running before activating IRQs.