diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index b56c54d68d5e3d6d8748a23b014ca4177c7d6dee..03f55daecb20b70bec8924eb64f2146a90591590 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -7630,8 +7630,6 @@ static int bnxt_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	dev->min_mtu = ETH_ZLEN;
 	dev->max_mtu = BNXT_MAX_MTU;
 
-	bnxt_dcb_init(bp);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_BNXT_SRIOV
 	init_waitqueue_head(&bp->sriov_cfg_wait);
 #endif
@@ -7669,6 +7667,7 @@ static int bnxt_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	bnxt_hwrm_func_qcfg(bp);
 	bnxt_hwrm_port_led_qcaps(bp);
 	bnxt_ethtool_init(bp);
+	bnxt_dcb_init(bp);
 
 	bnxt_set_rx_skb_mode(bp, false);
 	bnxt_set_tpa_flags(bp);