diff --git a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/tah.c b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/tah.c
index f161fb1..6e35cbe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/tah.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/tah.c
@@ -116,13 +116,14 @@
 		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;