diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c b/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c
index 443e4fb9b8f33e66d01e00d7a808e68a54699622..6aa091339989d4ef80b31b0c3c4171aa813f76a7 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c
@@ -241,6 +241,15 @@ static int __devinit dwc3_core_init(struct dwc3 *dwc)
 	u32			reg;
 	int			ret;
 
+	reg = dwc3_readl(dwc->regs, DWC3_GSNPSID);
+	/* This should read as U3 followed by revision number */
+	if ((reg & DWC3_GSNPSID_MASK) != 0x55330000) {
+		dev_err(dwc->dev, "this is not a DesignWare USB3 DRD Core\n");
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto err0;
+	}
+	dwc->revision = reg & DWC3_GSNPSREV_MASK;
+
 	dwc3_core_soft_reset(dwc);
 
 	/* issue device SoftReset too */
@@ -260,16 +269,6 @@ static int __devinit dwc3_core_init(struct dwc3 *dwc)
 		cpu_relax();
 	} while (true);
 
-	reg = dwc3_readl(dwc->regs, DWC3_GSNPSID);
-	/* This should read as U3 followed by revision number */
-	if ((reg & DWC3_GSNPSID_MASK) != 0x55330000) {
-		dev_err(dwc->dev, "this is not a DesignWare USB3 DRD Core\n");
-		ret = -ENODEV;
-		goto err0;
-	}
-
-	dwc->revision = reg & DWC3_GSNPSREV_MASK;
-
 	ret = dwc3_alloc_event_buffers(dwc, DWC3_EVENT_BUFFERS_NUM,
 			DWC3_EVENT_BUFFERS_SIZE);
 	if (ret) {