diff --git a/common/globalvar.c b/common/globalvar.c
index c48e7df..c528b24 100644
--- a/common/globalvar.c
+++ b/common/globalvar.c
@@ -403,11 +403,11 @@
 			return PTR_ERR(param);
 	}
 
+	globalvar_nv_sync(name);
+
 	if (value)
 		dev_set_param(&global_device, name, value);
 
-	globalvar_nv_sync(name);
-
 	return 0;
 }