1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c
index 96e8e70fbf1e..11b8ea29d2b7 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c
@@ -719,6 +719,9 @@ cmos_do_probe(struct device *dev, struct resource *ports, int rtc_irq)
                 }
         }
 
+        cmos_rtc.dev = dev;
+        dev_set_drvdata(dev, &cmos_rtc);
+
         cmos_rtc.rtc = rtc_device_register(driver_name, dev,
                                 &cmos_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
         if (IS_ERR(cmos_rtc.rtc)) {
@@ -726,8 +729,6 @@ cmos_do_probe(struct device *dev, struct resource *ports, int rtc_irq)
                 goto cleanup0;
         }
 
-        cmos_rtc.dev = dev;
-        dev_set_drvdata(dev, &cmos_rtc);
         rename_region(ports, dev_name(&cmos_rtc.rtc->dev));
 
         spin_lock_irq(&rtc_lock);