diff --git a/drivers/ieee1394/ohci1394.c b/drivers/ieee1394/ohci1394.c
index d077fe6..498539e 100644
--- a/drivers/ieee1394/ohci1394.c
+++ b/drivers/ieee1394/ohci1394.c
@@ -3199,15 +3199,16 @@
 	/* Now enable LPS, which we need in order to start accessing
 	 * most of the registers.  In fact, on some cards (ALI M5251),
 	 * accessing registers in the SClk domain without LPS enabled
-	 * will lock up the machine.  Wait 50msec to make sure we have
-	 * full link enabled.  */
+	 * will lock up the machine. */
 	reg_write(ohci, OHCI1394_HCControlSet, OHCI1394_HCControl_LPS);
 
 	/* Disable and clear interrupts */
 	reg_write(ohci, OHCI1394_IntEventClear, 0xffffffff);
 	reg_write(ohci, OHCI1394_IntMaskClear, 0xffffffff);
 
-	mdelay(50);
+	/* Flush MMIO writes and wait to make sure we have full link enabled. */
+	reg_read(ohci, OHCI1394_Version);
+	msleep(50);
 
 	/* Determine the number of available IR and IT contexts. */
 	ohci->nb_iso_rcv_ctx =
@@ -3422,7 +3423,8 @@
 	reg_write(ohci, OHCI1394_HCControlSet, OHCI1394_HCControl_LPS);
 	reg_write(ohci, OHCI1394_IntEventClear, 0xffffffff);
 	reg_write(ohci, OHCI1394_IntMaskClear, 0xffffffff);
-	mdelay(50);
+	reg_read(ohci, OHCI1394_Version);
+	msleep(50);
 
 	err = request_irq(dev->irq, ohci_irq_handler, IRQF_SHARED,
 			  OHCI1394_DRIVER_NAME, ohci);