diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hisi_femac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hisi_femac.c
index 49863068c59e3cb4ecb4c24128326cbd4c42e37a..979852d56f31ddb7301c7be19f2f91d922ef5e33 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hisi_femac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hisi_femac.c
@@ -805,6 +805,7 @@ static int hisi_femac_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ndev);
+	SET_NETDEV_DEV(ndev, &pdev->dev);
 
 	priv = netdev_priv(ndev);
 	priv->dev = dev;
@@ -882,7 +883,6 @@ static int hisi_femac_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	ndev->netdev_ops = &hisi_femac_netdev_ops;
 	ndev->ethtool_ops = &hisi_femac_ethtools_ops;
 	netif_napi_add(ndev, &priv->napi, hisi_femac_poll, FEMAC_POLL_WEIGHT);
-	SET_NETDEV_DEV(ndev, &pdev->dev);
 
 	hisi_femac_port_init(priv);