diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index 9b859ff976e8..98d178227544 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -2051,6 +2051,16 @@ bool acpi_ec_dispatch_gpe(void)
 	if (acpi_any_gpe_status_set(first_ec->gpe))
 		return true;
 
+	/*
+	 * Cancel the SCI wakeup and process all pending events in case there
+	 * are any wakeup ones in there.
+	 *
+	 * Note that if any non-EC GPEs are active at this point, the SCI will
+	 * retrigger after the rearming in acpi_s2idle_wake(), so no events
+	 * should be missed by canceling the wakeup here.
+	 */
+	pm_system_cancel_wakeup();
+
 	/*
 	 * Dispatch the EC GPE in-band, but do not report wakeup in any case
 	 * to allow the caller to process events properly after that.
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/sleep.c b/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
index 7ae09e4b4592..245a0fa979cb 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
@@ -739,21 +739,15 @@ bool acpi_s2idle_wake(void)
 			return true;
 		}
 
-		/* Check non-EC GPE wakeups and dispatch the EC GPE. */
+		/*
+		 * Check non-EC GPE wakeups and if there are none, cancel the
+		 * SCI-related wakeup and dispatch the EC GPE.
+		 */
 		if (acpi_ec_dispatch_gpe()) {
 			pm_pr_dbg("ACPI non-EC GPE wakeup\n");
 			return true;
 		}
 
-		/*
-		 * Cancel the SCI wakeup and process all pending events in case
-		 * there are any wakeup ones in there.
-		 *
-		 * Note that if any non-EC GPEs are active at this point, the
-		 * SCI will retrigger after the rearming below, so no events
-		 * should be missed by canceling the wakeup here.
-		 */
-		pm_system_cancel_wakeup();
 		acpi_os_wait_events_complete();
 
 		/*