From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 570425f8c7c18b14fa8a2a58a0adb431968ad118 upstream. Finish initializing the adapter before registering netdev so state is consistent. Fixes: c26eba03e407 ("ibmvnic: Update reset infrastructure to support tunable parameters") Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c @@ -5632,12 +5632,6 @@ static int ibmvnic_probe(struct vio_dev goto ibmvnic_dev_file_err; netif_carrier_off(netdev); - rc = register_netdev(netdev); - if (rc) { - dev_err(&dev->dev, "failed to register netdev rc=%d\n", rc); - goto ibmvnic_register_fail; - } - dev_info(&dev->dev, "ibmvnic registered\n"); if (init_success) { adapter->state = VNIC_PROBED; @@ -5650,6 +5644,14 @@ static int ibmvnic_probe(struct vio_dev adapter->wait_for_reset = false; adapter->last_reset_time = jiffies; + + rc = register_netdev(netdev); + if (rc) { + dev_err(&dev->dev, "failed to register netdev rc=%d\n", rc); + goto ibmvnic_register_fail; + } + dev_info(&dev->dev, "ibmvnic registered\n"); + return 0; ibmvnic_register_fail: