static void wl12xx_pre_upload(struct wl1271 *wl)
 {
-       u32 tmp;
+       u32 tmp, polarity;
 
        /* write firmware's last address (ie. it's length) to
         * ACX_EEPROMLESS_IND_REG */
 
        if (wl->chip.id == CHIP_ID_1283_PG20)
                wl12xx_top_reg_write(wl, SDIO_IO_DS, HCI_IO_DS_6MA);
-}
-
-static void wl12xx_enable_interrupts(struct wl1271 *wl)
-{
-       u32 polarity;
 
+       /* polarity must be set before the firmware is loaded */
        polarity = wl12xx_top_reg_read(wl, OCP_REG_POLARITY);
 
        /* We use HIGH polarity, so unset the LOW bit */
        polarity &= ~POLARITY_LOW;
        wl12xx_top_reg_write(wl, OCP_REG_POLARITY, polarity);
 
+}
+
+static void wl12xx_enable_interrupts(struct wl1271 *wl)
+{
        wlcore_write_reg(wl, REG_INTERRUPT_MASK, WL1271_ACX_ALL_EVENTS_VECTOR);
 
        wlcore_enable_interrupts(wl);