diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/time-efm32.c b/drivers/clocksource/time-efm32.c
index bba62f9deefbd0f71d59409daf85857cc2caa983..ec57ba2bbd87ac9f2a251e350598fa52019d7815 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/time-efm32.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/time-efm32.c
@@ -225,12 +225,12 @@ static int __init efm32_clockevent_init(struct device_node *np)
 	clock_event_ddata.base = base;
 	clock_event_ddata.periodic_top = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(rate, 1024 * HZ);
 
-	setup_irq(irq, &efm32_clock_event_irq);
-
 	clockevents_config_and_register(&clock_event_ddata.evtdev,
 					DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(rate, 1024),
 					0xf, 0xffff);
 
+	setup_irq(irq, &efm32_clock_event_irq);
+
 	return 0;
 
 err_get_irq: