diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_vmclock.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_vmclock.c
index dbc73e538293..1ba30a2da570 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_vmclock.c
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_vmclock.c
@@ -525,6 +525,8 @@ static int vmclock_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	dev_set_drvdata(dev, st);
+
 	if (le32_to_cpu(st->clk->magic) != VMCLOCK_MAGIC ||
 	    le32_to_cpu(st->clk->size) > resource_size(&st->res) ||
 	    le16_to_cpu(st->clk->version) != 1) {
@@ -588,8 +590,6 @@ static int vmclock_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		 (st->miscdev.minor && st->ptp_clock) ? ", " : "",
 		 st->ptp_clock ? "PTP" : "");
 
-	dev_set_drvdata(dev, st);
-
  out:
 	return ret;
 }