1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index fdc23678117b..19fd4cb0ddf8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
         netif_napi_add(dev, &vi->napi, virtnet_poll, napi_weight);
         vi->dev = dev;
         vi->vdev = vdev;
+        vdev->priv = vi;
 
         /* We expect two virtqueues, receive then send. */
         vi->rvq = vdev->config->find_vq(vdev, 0, skb_recv_done);
@@ -395,7 +396,6 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
         }
 
         pr_debug("virtnet: registered device %s\n", dev->name);
-        vdev->priv = vi;
         return 0;
 
 unregister: