diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
index 45ee5b68693976704f91cb81221c6ea2dc2ba3f6..729bf3351feb641f01ca9a49f229d28b02ee52ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
@@ -6477,8 +6477,7 @@ static int brcmf_setup_wiphy(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct brcmf_if *ifp)
 			wiphy->bands[NL80211_BAND_5GHZ] = band;
 		}
 	}
-	err = brcmf_setup_wiphybands(wiphy);
-	return err;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static s32 brcmf_config_dongle(struct brcmf_cfg80211_info *cfg)
@@ -6843,6 +6842,12 @@ struct brcmf_cfg80211_info *brcmf_cfg80211_attach(struct brcmf_pub *drvr,
 		goto priv_out;
 	}
 
+	err = brcmf_setup_wiphybands(wiphy);
+	if (err) {
+		brcmf_err("Setting wiphy bands failed (%d)\n", err);
+		goto wiphy_unreg_out;
+	}
+
 	/* If cfg80211 didn't disable 40MHz HT CAP in wiphy_register(),
 	 * setup 40MHz in 2GHz band and enable OBSS scanning.
 	 */