diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_pci.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_pci.c
index f54ca6869ed2c3f62d3c2d31daea3c5044642b9f..022e03634ce2ac0a987bace4eeaff5f8f6d45fed 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_pci.c
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ static int ipmi_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	}
 	io.addr_data = pci_resource_start(pdev, 0);
 
+	io.dev = &pdev->dev;
+
 	io.regspacing = ipmi_pci_probe_regspacing(&io);
 	io.regsize = DEFAULT_REGSIZE;
 	io.regshift = 0;
@@ -128,8 +130,6 @@ static int ipmi_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	if (io.irq)
 		io.irq_setup = ipmi_std_irq_setup;
 
-	io.dev = &pdev->dev;
-
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "%pR regsize %d spacing %d irq %d\n",
 		&pdev->resource[0], io.regsize, io.regspacing, io.irq);