diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_agp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_agp.c
index f58c5f462438..b634d9847667 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_agp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_agp.c
@@ -133,13 +133,6 @@ int radeon_agp_init(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 	bool is_v3;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (rdev->ddev->agp->agp_info.aper_size < 32) {
-		dev_warn(rdev->dev, "AGP aperture too small (%zuM) "
-			"need at least 32M, disabling AGP\n",
-			rdev->ddev->agp->agp_info.aper_size);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	/* Acquire AGP. */
 	if (!rdev->ddev->agp->acquired) {
 		ret = drm_agp_acquire(rdev->ddev);
@@ -154,6 +147,14 @@ int radeon_agp_init(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 		DRM_ERROR("Unable to get AGP info: %d\n", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
+
+	if (rdev->ddev->agp->agp_info.aper_size < 32) {
+		dev_warn(rdev->dev, "AGP aperture too small (%zuM) "
+			"need at least 32M, disabling AGP\n",
+			rdev->ddev->agp->agp_info.aper_size);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	mode.mode = info.mode;
 	agp_status = (RREG32(RADEON_AGP_STATUS) | RADEON_AGPv3_MODE) & mode.mode;
 	is_v3 = !!(agp_status & RADEON_AGPv3_MODE);