diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index 6335e1851088..7df918a5899e 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -7421,9 +7421,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_alloc);
  */
 int devlink_register(struct devlink *devlink, struct device *dev)
 {
-	mutex_lock(&devlink_mutex);
 	devlink->dev = dev;
 	devlink->registered = true;
+	mutex_lock(&devlink_mutex);
 	list_add_tail(&devlink->list, &devlink_list);
 	devlink_notify(devlink, DEVLINK_CMD_NEW);
 	mutex_unlock(&devlink_mutex);