diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_main.c
index a071cda2dd04..0d087b03a7b0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_main.c
@@ -264,6 +264,10 @@ static void *mlx4_en_add(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 	mlx4_foreach_port(i, dev, MLX4_PORT_TYPE_ETH)
 		mdev->port_cnt++;
 
+	/* Initialize time stamp mechanism */
+	if (mdev->dev->caps.flags2 & MLX4_DEV_CAP_FLAG2_TS)
+		mlx4_en_init_timestamp(mdev);
+
 	mlx4_foreach_port(i, dev, MLX4_PORT_TYPE_ETH) {
 		if (!dev->caps.comp_pool) {
 			mdev->profile.prof[i].rx_ring_num =
@@ -301,10 +305,6 @@ static void *mlx4_en_add(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 			mdev->pndev[i] = NULL;
 	}
 
-	/* Initialize time stamp mechanism */
-	if (mdev->dev->caps.flags2 & MLX4_DEV_CAP_FLAG2_TS)
-		mlx4_en_init_timestamp(mdev);
-
 	return mdev;
 
 err_mr: