diff --git a/arch/x86/pci/mrst.c b/arch/x86/pci/mrst.c
index 6eb18c42a28a3584546e87a57f9cccf5af3473e3..0e0fabf173429006612eb014ec591df98e4b2deb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/pci/mrst.c
+++ b/arch/x86/pci/mrst.c
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ static int pci_device_update_fixed(struct pci_bus *bus, unsigned int devfn,
  */
 static bool type1_access_ok(unsigned int bus, unsigned int devfn, int reg)
 {
+	if (bus == 0 && (devfn == PCI_DEVFN(2, 0)
+				|| devfn == PCI_DEVFN(0, 0)
+				|| devfn == PCI_DEVFN(3, 0)))
+		return 1;
+
 	/* This is a workaround for A0 LNC bug where PCI status register does
 	 * not have new CAP bit set. can not be written by SW either.
 	 *
@@ -150,10 +155,7 @@ static bool type1_access_ok(unsigned int bus, unsigned int devfn, int reg)
 	 */
 	if (reg >= 0x100 || reg == PCI_STATUS || reg == PCI_HEADER_TYPE)
 		return 0;
-	if (bus == 0 && (devfn == PCI_DEVFN(2, 0)
-				|| devfn == PCI_DEVFN(0, 0)
-				|| devfn == PCI_DEVFN(3, 0)))
-		return 1;
+
 	return 0; /* langwell on others */
 }