diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hip04_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hip04_eth.c
index 854befde0a08c9031df92a69c5c9e3709062c188..97b184774784beb603c27d62486e771f3a8af80b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hip04_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hip04_eth.c
@@ -828,6 +828,7 @@ static int hip04_mac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	priv = netdev_priv(ndev);
 	priv->ndev = ndev;
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ndev);
+	SET_NETDEV_DEV(ndev, &pdev->dev);
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	priv->base = devm_ioremap_resource(d, res);
@@ -903,7 +904,6 @@ static int hip04_mac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	ndev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
 	ndev->irq = irq;
 	netif_napi_add(ndev, &priv->napi, hip04_rx_poll, NAPI_POLL_WEIGHT);
-	SET_NETDEV_DEV(ndev, &pdev->dev);
 
 	hip04_reset_ppe(priv);
 	if (priv->phy_mode == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_MII)