1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio.c b/drivers/uio/uio.c
index 3f76e38e6f30..15ad3469660d 100644
--- a/drivers/uio/uio.c
+++ b/drivers/uio/uio.c
@@ -953,8 +953,6 @@ int __uio_register_device(struct module *owner,
         if (ret)
                 goto err_uio_dev_add_attributes;
 
-        info->uio_dev = idev;
-
         if (info->irq && (info->irq != UIO_IRQ_CUSTOM)) {
                 /*
                  * Note that we deliberately don't use devm_request_irq
@@ -971,6 +969,7 @@ int __uio_register_device(struct module *owner,
                         goto err_request_irq;
         }
 
+        info->uio_dev = idev;
         return 0;
 
 err_request_irq: