1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/tah.c b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/tah.c
index f161fb100e8e..6e35cbe15931 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/tah.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/tah.c
@@ -116,13 +116,14 @@ static int __devinit tah_probe(struct of_device *ofdev,
                 goto err_free;
         }
 
+        dev_set_drvdata(&ofdev->dev, dev);
+
         /* Initialize TAH and enable IPv4 checksum verification, no TSO yet */
         tah_reset(ofdev);
 
         printk(KERN_INFO
                "TAH %s initialized\n", ofdev->node->full_name);
         wmb();
-        dev_set_drvdata(&ofdev->dev, dev);
 
         return 0;