1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 3bad1afc89f..9ab3cfa5846 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3043,11 +3043,11 @@ void netdev_run_todo(void)
 
                 switch(dev->reg_state) {
                 case NETREG_REGISTERING:
-                        dev->reg_state = NETREG_REGISTERED;
                         err = netdev_register_sysfs(dev);
                         if (err)
                                 printk(KERN_ERR "%s: failed sysfs registration (%d)\n",
                                        dev->name, err);
+                        dev->reg_state = NETREG_REGISTERED;
                         break;
 
                 case NETREG_UNREGISTERING: