diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
index 212b16e..37c3cc1 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
@@ -154,19 +154,7 @@
 	if (err)
 		goto done;
 
-	/* try the driver's ioctl interface */
-	if (ops->ioctl) {
-		err = ops->ioctl(rtc->dev.parent, cmd, arg);
-		if (err != -ENOIOCTLCMD) {
-			mutex_unlock(&rtc->ops_lock);
-			return err;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* if the driver does not provide the ioctl interface
-	 * or if that particular ioctl was not implemented
-	 * (-ENOIOCTLCMD), we will try to emulate here.
-	 *
+	/*
 	 * Drivers *SHOULD NOT* provide ioctl implementations
 	 * for these requests.  Instead, provide methods to
 	 * support the following code, so that the RTC's main
@@ -329,7 +317,12 @@
 		return err;
 
 	default:
-		err = -ENOTTY;
+		/* Finally try the driver's ioctl interface */
+		if (ops->ioctl) {
+			err = ops->ioctl(rtc->dev.parent, cmd, arg);
+			if (err == -ENOIOCTLCMD)
+				err = -ENOTTY;
+		}
 		break;
 	}