diff --git a/drivers/pci/iov.c b/drivers/pci/iov.c
index fada98da731b30b956b4c756d4bab5f61f51e480..24428d5f60cd6cd36b15af9de38bf21db18450ac 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/iov.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/iov.c
@@ -339,13 +339,13 @@ static int sriov_enable(struct pci_dev *dev, int nr_virtfn)
 	iov->ctrl &= ~(PCI_SRIOV_CTRL_VFE | PCI_SRIOV_CTRL_MSE);
 	pci_cfg_access_lock(dev);
 	pci_write_config_word(dev, iov->pos + PCI_SRIOV_CTRL, iov->ctrl);
-	pci_iov_set_numvfs(dev, 0);
 	ssleep(1);
 	pci_cfg_access_unlock(dev);
 
 	if (iov->link != dev->devfn)
 		sysfs_remove_link(&dev->dev.kobj, "dep_link");
 
+	pci_iov_set_numvfs(dev, 0);
 	return rc;
 }