1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
index 009277e1084f..1a8cc5bf06bb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
@@ -2993,6 +2993,7 @@ vmxnet3_probe_device(struct pci_dev *pdev,
                 goto err_ver;
         }
 
+        SET_NETDEV_DEV(netdev, &pdev->dev);
         vmxnet3_declare_features(adapter, dma64);
 
         adapter->dev_number = atomic_read(&devices_found);
@@ -3038,7 +3039,6 @@ vmxnet3_probe_device(struct pci_dev *pdev,
         netif_set_real_num_tx_queues(adapter->netdev, adapter->num_tx_queues);
         netif_set_real_num_rx_queues(adapter->netdev, adapter->num_rx_queues);
 
-        SET_NETDEV_DEV(netdev, &pdev->dev);
         err = register_netdev(netdev);
 
         if (err) {