diff --git a/drivers/net/team/team.c b/drivers/net/team/team.c
index d016a76ad44b..b3051052f3ad 100644
--- a/drivers/net/team/team.c
+++ b/drivers/net/team/team.c
@@ -1092,8 +1092,8 @@ static int team_port_add(struct team *team, struct net_device *port_dev)
 	}
 
 	port->index = -1;
-	team_port_enable(team, port);
 	list_add_tail_rcu(&port->list, &team->port_list);
+	team_port_enable(team, port);
 	__team_compute_features(team);
 	__team_port_change_port_added(port, !!netif_carrier_ok(port_dev));
 	__team_options_change_check(team);