diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-eeprom.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-eeprom.c
index ac88ff042d4690450750a0a163bced70b6856c68..3946e5c03f818e75651c7387d807edce2ab26078 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-eeprom.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-eeprom.c
@@ -518,6 +518,11 @@ int iwl_eeprom_init(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 	}
 	e = (u16 *)priv->eeprom;
 
+	if (priv->nvm_device_type == NVM_DEVICE_TYPE_OTP) {
+		/* OTP reads require powered-up chip */
+		priv->cfg->ops->lib->apm_ops.init(priv);
+	}
+
 	ret = priv->cfg->ops->lib->eeprom_ops.verify_signature(priv);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		IWL_ERR(priv, "EEPROM not found, EEPROM_GP=0x%08x\n", gp);
@@ -532,10 +537,8 @@ int iwl_eeprom_init(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 		ret = -ENOENT;
 		goto err;
 	}
-	if (priv->nvm_device_type == NVM_DEVICE_TYPE_OTP) {
 
-		/* OTP reads require powered-up chip */
-		priv->cfg->ops->lib->apm_ops.init(priv);
+	if (priv->nvm_device_type == NVM_DEVICE_TYPE_OTP) {
 
 		ret = iwl_init_otp_access(priv);
 		if (ret) {