diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_bus_pci.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_bus_pci.c
index 2749ce009ebc1192502f5a329e02b12104cd4ca6..b0d8499d373bd49db56fdcdf12dfa6029ee36151 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_bus_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_bus_pci.c
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ static int ionic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		dev_err(dev, "Cannot identify device: %d, aborting\n", err);
 		goto err_out_teardown;
 	}
+	ionic_debugfs_add_ident(ionic);
 
 	err = ionic_init(ionic);
 	if (err) {
@@ -286,14 +287,7 @@ static int ionic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		goto err_out_reset;
 	}
 
-	/* Configure LIFs */
-	err = ionic_lif_identify(ionic, IONIC_LIF_TYPE_CLASSIC,
-				 &ionic->ident.lif);
-	if (err) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Cannot identify LIFs: %d, aborting\n", err);
-		goto err_out_port_reset;
-	}
-
+	/* Allocate and init the LIF */
 	err = ionic_lif_size(ionic);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Cannot size LIF: %d, aborting\n", err);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
index 2b6cd60095b1baa16153a84ddb9a0b98ba9e6e29..fcf5b00d1c331ec6f7d42507c4db65e222774ecd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
@@ -2556,7 +2556,15 @@ static void ionic_lif_handle_fw_up(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 	dev_info(ionic->dev, "FW Up: restarting LIFs\n");
 
 	ionic_init_devinfo(ionic);
-	ionic_port_init(ionic);
+	err = ionic_identify(ionic);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_out;
+	err = ionic_port_identify(ionic);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_out;
+	err = ionic_port_init(ionic);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_out;
 	err = ionic_qcqs_alloc(lif);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_out;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c
index c7a67c5cda4238ce21db474e34d065d9e9e8962c..c21195be59e18d00c3faaea820a9590b8e11ac30 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c
@@ -429,17 +429,23 @@ int ionic_identify(struct ionic *ionic)
 		sz = min(sizeof(ident->dev), sizeof(idev->dev_cmd_regs->data));
 		memcpy_fromio(&ident->dev, &idev->dev_cmd_regs->data, sz);
 	}
-
 	mutex_unlock(&ionic->dev_cmd_lock);
 
-	if (err)
-		goto err_out_unmap;
+	if (err) {
+		dev_err(ionic->dev, "Cannot identify ionic: %dn", err);
+		goto err_out;
+	}
 
-	ionic_debugfs_add_ident(ionic);
+	err = ionic_lif_identify(ionic, IONIC_LIF_TYPE_CLASSIC,
+				 &ionic->ident.lif);
+	if (err) {
+		dev_err(ionic->dev, "Cannot identify LIFs: %d\n", err);
+		goto err_out;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 
-err_out_unmap:
+err_out:
 	return err;
 }