diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/tegra-devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/tegra-devfreq.c
index 5ba35cc2ea04..7fa1bd4c431b 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/tegra-devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/tegra-devfreq.c
@@ -697,6 +697,8 @@ static int tegra_devfreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, tegra);
+
 	err = devm_request_threaded_irq(&pdev->dev, irq, actmon_isr,
 					actmon_thread_isr, IRQF_SHARED,
 					"tegra-devfreq", tegra);
@@ -705,8 +707,6 @@ static int tegra_devfreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, tegra);
-
 	tegra_devfreq_profile.initial_freq = clk_get_rate(tegra->emc_clock);
 	tegra->devfreq = devm_devfreq_add_device(&pdev->dev,
 						 &tegra_devfreq_profile,