1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/efx.c b/drivers/net/sfc/efx.c
index 8fc6a6edc362..0d0243b7ac34 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/efx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/efx.c
@@ -2209,13 +2209,15 @@ static int __devinit efx_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
          * MAC stats succeeds. */
         efx->state = STATE_RUNNING;
 
-        efx_mtd_probe(efx); /* allowed to fail */
-
         rc = efx_register_netdev(efx);
         if (rc)
                 goto fail5;
 
         EFX_LOG(efx, "initialisation successful\n");
+
+        rtnl_lock();
+        efx_mtd_probe(efx); /* allowed to fail */
+        rtnl_unlock();
         return 0;
 
  fail5: