diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_dec.c b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_dec.c
index 3b6aa78a2985..e7f7602a5ab4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_dec.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_dec.c
@@ -106,11 +106,11 @@ void cedrus_device_run(void *priv)
 
 	/* Trigger decoding if setup went well, bail out otherwise. */
 	if (!error) {
-		dev->dec_ops[ctx->current_codec]->trigger(ctx);
-
 		/* Start the watchdog timer. */
 		schedule_delayed_work(&dev->watchdog_work,
 				      msecs_to_jiffies(2000));
+
+		dev->dec_ops[ctx->current_codec]->trigger(ctx);
 	} else {
 		v4l2_m2m_buf_done_and_job_finish(ctx->dev->m2m_dev,
 						 ctx->fh.m2m_ctx,