1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/nvme-core.c b/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
index 87dd4c79e65f..f565212a9e32 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nvme-core.c
@@ -2464,6 +2464,7 @@ static int nvme_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
         if (result)
                 goto release;
 
+        kref_init(&dev->kref);
         result = nvme_dev_start(dev);
         if (result) {
                 if (result == -EBUSY)
@@ -2471,7 +2472,6 @@ static int nvme_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
                 goto release_pools;
         }
 
-        kref_init(&dev->kref);
         result = nvme_dev_add(dev);
         if (result)
                 goto shutdown;