diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2x_main.c b/drivers/net/bnx2x_main.c
index 807c1565ef806baa21524210ee8c91540596e19e..f1bd0a32cc30b4bcdb6900f8bb0b87386190843b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnx2x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnx2x_main.c
@@ -11872,15 +11872,11 @@ static int __devinit bnx2x_init_firmware(struct bnx2x *bp, struct device *dev)
 static int __devinit bnx2x_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 				    const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 {
-	static int version_printed;
 	struct net_device *dev = NULL;
 	struct bnx2x *bp;
 	int pcie_width, pcie_speed;
 	int rc;
 
-	if (version_printed++ == 0)
-		printk(KERN_INFO "%s", version);
-
 	/* dev zeroed in init_etherdev */
 	dev = alloc_etherdev_mq(sizeof(*bp), MAX_CONTEXT);
 	if (!dev) {
@@ -12218,6 +12214,8 @@ static int __init bnx2x_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	printk(KERN_INFO "%s", version);
+
 	bnx2x_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("bnx2x");
 	if (bnx2x_wq == NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR PFX "Cannot create workqueue\n");