diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c
index 659c4977f9f33b75f20726d8f73219aa58d72099..7914078b42fef96f6a6c2f9d1f7fdad0d0d4029e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c
@@ -174,8 +174,6 @@ static int blk_vsc_initialize(struct hv_driver *driver)
 
 	stor_driver = hvdr_to_stordr(driver);
 
-	memcpy(&driver->dev_type, &dev_type, sizeof(struct hv_guid));
-
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -841,6 +839,7 @@ static int blkvsc_drv_init(void)
 	/* Callback to client driver to complete the initialization */
 	blk_vsc_initialize(&storvsc_drv->base);
 
+	memcpy(&drv->dev_type, &dev_type, sizeof(struct hv_guid));
 	drv->name = drv_name;
 	drv->driver.name = drv_name;