1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat.c b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat.c
index 65c4ccfcbd29..76d06cf87b2a 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat.c
@@ -421,14 +421,13 @@ static int __init roccat_init(void)
 
         retval = alloc_chrdev_region(&dev_id, ROCCAT_FIRST_MINOR,
                         ROCCAT_MAX_DEVICES, "roccat");
-
-        roccat_major = MAJOR(dev_id);
-
         if (retval < 0) {
                 pr_warn("can't get major number\n");
                 goto error;
         }
 
+        roccat_major = MAJOR(dev_id);
+
         cdev_init(&roccat_cdev, &roccat_ops);
         retval = cdev_add(&roccat_cdev, dev_id, ROCCAT_MAX_DEVICES);