diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
index cc15fdb36060b3dd387124e6288ac288c901cc78..67f9430ee197743fa7d2f22a02f706c46cafdd98 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
@@ -1851,14 +1851,6 @@ int __devinit rtl_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	/*like read eeprom and so on */
 	rtlpriv->cfg->ops->read_eeprom_info(hw);
 
-	if (rtlpriv->cfg->ops->init_sw_vars(hw)) {
-		RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_EMERG, "Can't init_sw_vars\n");
-		err = -ENODEV;
-		goto fail3;
-	}
-
-	rtlpriv->cfg->ops->init_sw_leds(hw);
-
 	/*aspm */
 	rtl_pci_init_aspm(hw);
 
@@ -1877,6 +1869,14 @@ int __devinit rtl_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		goto fail3;
 	}
 
+	if (rtlpriv->cfg->ops->init_sw_vars(hw)) {
+		RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_EMERG, "Can't init_sw_vars\n");
+		err = -ENODEV;
+		goto fail3;
+	}
+
+	rtlpriv->cfg->ops->init_sw_leds(hw);
+
 	err = sysfs_create_group(&pdev->dev.kobj, &rtl_attribute_group);
 	if (err) {
 		RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_EMERG,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/usb.c
index d04dbda13f5a3bd699e6265490736da54adc2702..a6049d7d51b39dc0dbb02cccad5bf6c24003b419 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/usb.c
@@ -971,11 +971,6 @@ int __devinit rtl_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	rtlpriv->cfg->ops->read_chip_version(hw);
 	/*like read eeprom and so on */
 	rtlpriv->cfg->ops->read_eeprom_info(hw);
-	if (rtlpriv->cfg->ops->init_sw_vars(hw)) {
-		RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_EMERG, "Can't init_sw_vars\n");
-		goto error_out;
-	}
-	rtlpriv->cfg->ops->init_sw_leds(hw);
 	err = _rtl_usb_init(hw);
 	if (err)
 		goto error_out;
@@ -987,6 +982,11 @@ int __devinit rtl_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 			 "Can't allocate sw for mac80211\n");
 		goto error_out;
 	}
+	if (rtlpriv->cfg->ops->init_sw_vars(hw)) {
+		RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_EMERG, "Can't init_sw_vars\n");
+		goto error_out;
+	}
+	rtlpriv->cfg->ops->init_sw_leds(hw);
 
 	return 0;
 error_out: