diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/region.c b/drivers/nvdimm/region.c
index b9ca0033cc9996b295fe28e96369531ef87ab20a..f9130cc157e8355a7221c10fd15303a864239fd1 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/region.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/region.c
@@ -42,17 +42,6 @@ static int nd_region_probe(struct device *dev)
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
-	rc = nd_region_register_namespaces(nd_region, &err);
-	if (rc < 0)
-		return rc;
-
-	ndrd = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
-	ndrd->ns_active = rc;
-	ndrd->ns_count = rc + err;
-
-	if (rc && err && rc == err)
-		return -ENODEV;
-
 	if (is_nd_pmem(&nd_region->dev)) {
 		struct resource ndr_res;
 
@@ -68,6 +57,17 @@ static int nd_region_probe(struct device *dev)
 		nvdimm_badblocks_populate(nd_region, &nd_region->bb, &ndr_res);
 	}
 
+	rc = nd_region_register_namespaces(nd_region, &err);
+	if (rc < 0)
+		return rc;
+
+	ndrd = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	ndrd->ns_active = rc;
+	ndrd->ns_count = rc + err;
+
+	if (rc && err && rc == err)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	nd_region->btt_seed = nd_btt_create(nd_region);
 	nd_region->pfn_seed = nd_pfn_create(nd_region);
 	nd_region->dax_seed = nd_dax_create(nd_region);