1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
index e29e15dca86e..f379689dde30 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
@@ -576,6 +576,9 @@ int xenvif_connect(struct xenvif_queue *queue, unsigned long tx_ring_ref,
         init_waitqueue_head(&queue->dealloc_wq);
         atomic_set(&queue->inflight_packets, 0);
 
+        netif_napi_add(queue->vif->dev, &queue->napi, xenvif_poll,
+                        XENVIF_NAPI_WEIGHT);
+
         if (tx_evtchn == rx_evtchn) {
                 /* feature-split-event-channels == 0 */
                 err = bind_interdomain_evtchn_to_irqhandler(
@@ -629,9 +632,6 @@ int xenvif_connect(struct xenvif_queue *queue, unsigned long tx_ring_ref,
         wake_up_process(queue->task);
         wake_up_process(queue->dealloc_task);
 
-        netif_napi_add(queue->vif->dev, &queue->napi, xenvif_poll,
-                        XENVIF_NAPI_WEIGHT);
-
         return 0;
 
 err_rx_unbind: