diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 335eef5c3c0559f68fd52ec07bae67e3473da15d..1cb2a84f2403ba867b22693645bb42f532937d74 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -1883,6 +1883,8 @@ static struct mapped_device *alloc_dev(int minor)
 	md->disk->private_data = md;
 	sprintf(md->disk->disk_name, "dm-%d", minor);
 
+	add_disk_no_queue_reg(md->disk);
+
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DAX_DRIVER)) {
 		md->dax_dev = alloc_dax(md, md->disk->disk_name,
 					&dm_dax_ops, 0);
@@ -1892,7 +1894,6 @@ static struct mapped_device *alloc_dev(int minor)
 		}
 	}
 
-	add_disk_no_queue_reg(md->disk);
 	format_dev_t(md->name, MKDEV(_major, minor));
 
 	md->wq = alloc_workqueue("kdmflush", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);