1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index dfb62998866a..2731570eba5b 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3042,11 +3042,11 @@ void netdev_run_todo(void)
 
                 switch(dev->reg_state) {
                 case NETREG_REGISTERING:
+                        dev->reg_state = NETREG_REGISTERED;
                         err = netdev_register_sysfs(dev);
                         if (err)
                                 printk(KERN_ERR "%s: failed sysfs registration (%d)\n",
                                        dev->name, err);
-                        dev->reg_state = NETREG_REGISTERED;
                         break;
 
                 case NETREG_UNREGISTERING: