1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/pci.c b/drivers/message/i2o/pci.c
index c5b656cdea7c..d698d7709c31 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/pci.c
@@ -88,11 +88,6 @@ static int __devinit i2o_pci_alloc(struct i2o_controller *c)
         struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
         int i;
 
-        if (pci_request_regions(pdev, OSM_DESCRIPTION)) {
-                printk(KERN_ERR "%s: device already claimed\n", c->name);
-                return -ENODEV;
-        }
-
         for (i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
                 /* Skip I/O spaces */
                 if (!(pci_resource_flags(pdev, i) & IORESOURCE_IO)) {
@@ -319,6 +314,11 @@ static int __devinit i2o_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
                 return rc;
         }
 
+        if (pci_request_regions(pdev, OSM_DESCRIPTION)) {
+                printk(KERN_ERR "i2o: device already claimed\n");
+                return -ENODEV;
+        }
+
         if (pci_set_dma_mask(pdev, DMA_32BIT_MASK)) {
                 printk(KERN_WARNING "i2o: no suitable DMA found for %s\n",
                        pci_name(pdev));