diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index 9cb4d0c468eb..b15a431301a0 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -303,12 +303,15 @@ static int acpi_ec_transaction_unlocked(struct acpi_ec *ec,
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ec->lock, tmp);
 	/* following two actions should be kept atomic */
 	ec->curr = t;
+	pr_debug("transaction start (cmd=0x%02x, addr=0x%02x)\n",
+			t->command, t->wdata ? t->wdata[0] : 0);
 	start_transaction(ec);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ec->lock, tmp);
 	ret = ec_poll(ec);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ec->lock, tmp);
 	if (ec->curr->command == ACPI_EC_COMMAND_QUERY)
 		clear_bit(EC_FLAGS_QUERY_PENDING, &ec->flags);
+	pr_debug("transaction end\n");
 	ec->curr = NULL;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ec->lock, tmp);
 	return ret;
@@ -334,8 +337,6 @@ static int acpi_ec_transaction(struct acpi_ec *ec, struct transaction *t)
 			goto unlock;
 		}
 	}
-	pr_debug("transaction start (cmd=0x%02x, addr=0x%02x)\n",
-			t->command, t->wdata ? t->wdata[0] : 0);
 	/* disable GPE during transaction if storm is detected */
 	if (test_bit(EC_FLAGS_GPE_STORM, &ec->flags)) {
 		/* It has to be disabled, so that it doesn't trigger. */
@@ -356,7 +357,6 @@ static int acpi_ec_transaction(struct acpi_ec *ec, struct transaction *t)
 			t->irq_count);
 		set_bit(EC_FLAGS_GPE_STORM, &ec->flags);
 	}
-	pr_debug("transaction end\n");
 	if (ec->global_lock)
 		acpi_release_global_lock(glk);
 unlock: