1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/hvc_console.c b/drivers/char/hvc_console.c
index cddb789902db..f92177634677 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hvc_console.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hvc_console.c
@@ -839,9 +839,6 @@ int __init hvc_init(void)
         hvc_driver->flags = TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW;
         tty_set_operations(hvc_driver, &hvc_ops);
 
-        if (tty_register_driver(hvc_driver))
-                panic("Couldn't register hvc console driver\n");
-
         /* Always start the kthread because there can be hotplug vty adapters
          * added later. */
         hvc_task = kthread_run(khvcd, NULL, "khvcd");
@@ -851,6 +848,9 @@ int __init hvc_init(void)
                 return -EIO;
         }
 
+        if (tty_register_driver(hvc_driver))
+                panic("Couldn't register hvc console driver\n");
+
         return 0;
 }
 module_init(hvc_init);