diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c b/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c
index 770212baaf05ddb032967730acc6b0ff46ec8f40..37bf715ab53b649473230966fb26bbaa620538dd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c
@@ -1029,6 +1029,7 @@ static int kaweth_probe(
 	kaweth = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	kaweth->dev = udev;
 	kaweth->net = netdev;
+	kaweth->intf = intf;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&kaweth->device_lock);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&kaweth->term_wait);
@@ -1139,8 +1140,6 @@ static int kaweth_probe(
 
 	dev_dbg(dev, "Initializing net device.\n");
 
-	kaweth->intf = intf;
-
 	kaweth->tx_urb = usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!kaweth->tx_urb)
 		goto err_free_netdev;