1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/e100.c b/drivers/net/e100.c
index 7e46d038b9f8..8c7e2d17e75f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e100.c
@@ -2340,11 +2340,11 @@ static int __devinit e100_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
                 goto err_out_iounmap;
         }
 
-        e100_phy_init(nic);
-
         if((err = e100_eeprom_load(nic)))
                 goto err_out_free;
 
+        e100_phy_init(nic);
+
         memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, nic->eeprom, ETH_ALEN);
         if(!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->dev_addr)) {
                 DPRINTK(PROBE, ERR, "Invalid MAC address from "