diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
index 59aa73ccefed421f298aff4140b6cad5c893694f..aec62139420e884eb36cce55e75b72349ade557c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
@@ -331,15 +331,17 @@ static int efx_probe_eventq(struct efx_channel *channel)
 /* Prepare channel's event queue */
 static int efx_init_eventq(struct efx_channel *channel)
 {
+	struct efx_nic *efx = channel->efx;
 	int rc;
 
 	EFX_WARN_ON_PARANOID(channel->eventq_init);
 
-	netif_dbg(channel->efx, drv, channel->efx->net_dev,
+	netif_dbg(efx, drv, efx->net_dev,
 		  "chan %d init event queue\n", channel->channel);
 
 	rc = efx_nic_init_eventq(channel);
 	if (rc == 0) {
+		efx->type->push_irq_moderation(channel);
 		channel->eventq_read_ptr = 0;
 		channel->eventq_init = true;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/farch.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/farch.c
index 904af5c336b4d29bae65953a8e97e904ab69eb89..eb754cfff1ef6c22c4b2bd8d44a6b1d05fb55bb7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/farch.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/farch.c
@@ -1357,8 +1357,6 @@ int efx_farch_ev_init(struct efx_channel *channel)
 	efx_writeo_table(efx, &reg, efx->type->evq_ptr_tbl_base,
 			 channel->channel);
 
-	efx->type->push_irq_moderation(channel);
-
 	return 0;
 }