diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/pc300_drv.c b/drivers/net/wan/pc300_drv.c
index a6dd00de41a4..cb0f8d932b0c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/pc300_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/pc300_drv.c
@@ -3231,7 +3231,7 @@ static void plx_init(pc300_t * card)
 
 }
 
-static inline void show_version(void)
+static void show_version(void)
 {
 	char *rcsvers, *rcsdate, *tmp;
 
@@ -3412,16 +3412,10 @@ static void cpc_init_card(pc300_t * card)
 static int __devinit
 cpc_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 {
-	static int first_time = 1;
 	int err, eeprom_outdated = 0;
 	u16 device_id;
 	pc300_t *card;
 
-	if (first_time) {
-		first_time = 0;
-		show_version();
-	}
-
 	if ((err = pci_enable_device(pdev)) < 0)
 		return err;
 
@@ -3657,6 +3651,7 @@ static struct pci_driver cpc_driver = {
 
 static int __init cpc_init(void)
 {
+	show_version();
 	return pci_register_driver(&cpc_driver);
 }