diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 6203915945a4..fe82baa924f8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -4117,6 +4117,8 @@ static int sd_resume(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct scsi_disk *sdkp = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
+	sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp, "Starting disk\n");
+
 	if (opal_unlock_from_suspend(sdkp->opal_dev)) {
 		sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp, "OPAL unlock failed\n");
 		return -EIO;
@@ -4133,13 +4135,12 @@ static int sd_resume_common(struct device *dev, bool runtime)
 	if (!sdkp)	/* E.g.: runtime resume at the start of sd_probe() */
 		return 0;
 
-	sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp, "Starting disk\n");
-
 	if (!sd_do_start_stop(sdkp->device, runtime)) {
 		sdkp->suspended = false;
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp, "Starting disk\n");
 	ret = sd_start_stop_device(sdkp, 1);
 	if (!ret) {
 		sd_resume(dev);