diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
index 89a920510e1d..7008f744c00d 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
@@ -710,12 +710,12 @@ struct regmap *regmap_init(struct device *dev,
 		}
 	}
 
+	regmap_debugfs_init(map, config->name);
+
 	ret = regcache_init(map, config);
 	if (ret != 0)
 		goto err_range;
 
-	regmap_debugfs_init(map, config->name);
-
 	/* Add a devres resource for dev_get_regmap() */
 	m = devres_alloc(dev_get_regmap_release, sizeof(*m), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!m) {