diff --git a/drivers/net/sis190.c b/drivers/net/sis190.c
index b420182eec4be6441c4b31b75f7763bb50610593..ed4bc91638d2083ff40be4deb882d8ed1a4d73e1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sis190.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sis190.c
@@ -1791,6 +1791,8 @@ static int __devinit sis190_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, dev);
+
 	tp = netdev_priv(dev);
 	ioaddr = tp->mmio_addr;
 
@@ -1827,8 +1829,6 @@ static int __devinit sis190_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	if (rc < 0)
 		goto err_remove_mii;
 
-	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, dev);
-
 	net_probe(tp, KERN_INFO "%s: %s at %p (IRQ: %d), "
 	       "%2.2x:%2.2x:%2.2x:%2.2x:%2.2x:%2.2x\n",
 	       pci_name(pdev), sis_chip_info[ent->driver_data].name,