diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/init.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/init.c
index c45cca556942..b417e3b40e4a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/init.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/init.c
@@ -1265,6 +1265,8 @@ struct hfi1_devdata *hfi1_alloc_devdata(struct pci_dev *pdev, size_t extra)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	dd->num_pports = nports;
 	dd->pport = (struct hfi1_pportdata *)(dd + 1);
+	dd->pcidev = pdev;
+	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, dd);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dd->list);
 	idr_preload(GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/pcie.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/pcie.c
index 83d66e862207..c1c982908b4b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/pcie.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/pcie.c
@@ -163,9 +163,6 @@ int hfi1_pcie_ddinit(struct hfi1_devdata *dd, struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	resource_size_t addr;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	dd->pcidev = pdev;
-	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, dd);
-
 	addr = pci_resource_start(pdev, 0);
 	len = pci_resource_len(pdev, 0);