diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/adv_pci_dio.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/adv_pci_dio.c
index 83591a6c3f93f530a08fd3539ac0f045250427d1..55ca8f936dcd0f16eddac1ce038729eb6efecc13 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/adv_pci_dio.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/adv_pci_dio.c
@@ -471,6 +471,8 @@ static int pci_dio_auto_attach(struct comedi_device *dev,
 	else
 		dev->iobase = pci_resource_start(pcidev, 2);
 
+	pci_dio_reset(dev);
+
 	ret = comedi_alloc_subdevices(dev, board->nsubdevs);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -543,8 +545,6 @@ static int pci_dio_auto_attach(struct comedi_device *dev,
 		comedi_8254_subdevice_init(s, dev->pacer);
 	}
 
-	pci_dio_reset(dev);
-
 	return 0;
 }