diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
index d5433c49b2b062a6608e5d7df1a136ab38a36989..3eb931585b3e38d6658892fd1dcb8482bb39094b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
@@ -1226,6 +1226,9 @@ static int init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 
 	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, dev);
 
+	dev->pdev = pdev;
+	dev->event = mlx5_core_event;
+
 	if (prof_sel < 0 || prof_sel >= ARRAY_SIZE(profile)) {
 		mlx5_core_warn(dev,
 			       "selected profile out of range, selecting default (%d)\n",
@@ -1233,8 +1236,6 @@ static int init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		prof_sel = MLX5_DEFAULT_PROF;
 	}
 	dev->profile = &profile[prof_sel];
-	dev->pdev = pdev;
-	dev->event = mlx5_core_event;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->ctx_list);
 	spin_lock_init(&priv->ctx_lock);