1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index b4abd6850367..396493cc98ce 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -5478,11 +5478,10 @@ int ata_device_add(const struct ata_probe_ent *ent)
                 int irq_line = ent->irq;
 
                 ap = ata_port_add(ent, host, i);
+                host->ports[i] = ap;
                 if (!ap)
                         goto err_out;
 
-                host->ports[i] = ap;
-
                 /* dummy? */
                 if (ent->dummy_port_mask & (1 << i)) {
                         ata_port_printk(ap, KERN_INFO, "DUMMY\n");