diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.c
index 34c0d2ddf9ef..a8286d0032d1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.c
@@ -874,7 +874,6 @@ area_cache_get(struct nfp_cpp *cpp, u32 id,
 	}
 
 	/* Adjust the start address to be cache size aligned */
-	cache->id = id;
 	cache->addr = addr & ~(u64)(cache->size - 1);
 
 	/* Re-init to the new ID and address */
@@ -894,6 +893,8 @@ area_cache_get(struct nfp_cpp *cpp, u32 id,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	cache->id = id;
+
 exit:
 	/* Adjust offset */
 	*offset = addr - cache->addr;