diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/init.c b/drivers/misc/mei/init.c
index 98a7fc18a90a1bf64f3dc6369e6e60eac54ffe11..5d08db5b314e21f6d07037a20550c128406f51b5 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/init.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/init.c
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ struct mei_device *mei_device_init(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	mei_io_list_init(&dev->ctrl_rd_list);
 	mei_io_list_init(&dev->amthif_cmd_list);
 	mei_io_list_init(&dev->amthif_rd_complete_list);
+
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&dev->timer_work, mei_timer);
+	INIT_WORK(&dev->init_work, mei_host_client_init);
+
 	dev->pdev = pdev;
 	return dev;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
index f72bb77fc279a1c887d8ba430fb1554a6d88a96a..123c663509ef21f42f8cd85b21824754fae0d4d0 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
@@ -889,8 +889,6 @@ static int mei_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		       pdev->irq);
 		goto disable_msi;
 	}
-	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&dev->timer_work, mei_timer);
-	INIT_WORK(&dev->init_work, mei_host_client_init);
 
 	if (mei_hw_init(dev)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "init hw failure.\n");