diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 9a62b5545160ac9aeb2800907229d03e6dd120fc..a582bea145b304917e787076bd29185c31ff420e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -5624,7 +5624,8 @@ static void ixgbe_init_dcb(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
  * Fields are initialized based on PCI device information and
  * OS network device settings (MTU size).
  **/
-static int ixgbe_sw_init(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
+static int ixgbe_sw_init(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter,
+			 const struct ixgbe_info *ii)
 {
 	struct ixgbe_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = adapter->pdev;
@@ -5640,6 +5641,9 @@ static int ixgbe_sw_init(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 	hw->subsystem_vendor_id = pdev->subsystem_vendor;
 	hw->subsystem_device_id = pdev->subsystem_device;
 
+	/* get_invariants needs the device IDs */
+	ii->get_invariants(hw);
+
 	/* Set common capability flags and settings */
 	rss = min_t(int, ixgbe_max_rss_indices(adapter), num_online_cpus());
 	adapter->ring_feature[RING_F_RSS].limit = rss;
@@ -9532,10 +9536,8 @@ static int ixgbe_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	hw->phy.mdio.mdio_read = ixgbe_mdio_read;
 	hw->phy.mdio.mdio_write = ixgbe_mdio_write;
 
-	ii->get_invariants(hw);
-
 	/* setup the private structure */
-	err = ixgbe_sw_init(adapter);
+	err = ixgbe_sw_init(adapter, ii);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_sw_init;