diff --git a/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c b/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
index aa1dbf800..dfaee4e15 100755
--- a/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
@@ -995,11 +995,6 @@ static int fastrpc_internal_invoke(struct fastrpc_user *fl,  u32 kernel,
 		err = wait_for_completion_interruptible(&ctx->work);
 	}
 
-	if (err)
-		goto bail;
-
-	/* Check the response from remote dsp */
-	err = ctx->retval;
 	if (err)
 		goto bail;
 
@@ -1012,6 +1007,11 @@ static int fastrpc_internal_invoke(struct fastrpc_user *fl,  u32 kernel,
 			goto bail;
 	}
 
+	/* Check the response from remote dsp */
+	err = ctx->retval;
+	if (err)
+		goto bail;
+
 bail:
 	if (err != -ERESTARTSYS && err != -ETIMEDOUT) {
 		/* We are done with this compute context */