diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c
index 96cfcdd39079..390e2f058aff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c
@@ -1502,16 +1502,16 @@ struct iwl_trans *iwl_trans_pcie_alloc(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	spin_lock_init(&trans_pcie->reg_lock);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&trans_pcie->ucode_write_waitq);
 
-	/* W/A - seems to solve weird behavior. We need to remove this if we
-	 * don't want to stay in L1 all the time. This wastes a lot of power */
-	pci_disable_link_state(pdev, PCIE_LINK_STATE_L0S | PCIE_LINK_STATE_L1 |
-			       PCIE_LINK_STATE_CLKPM);
-
 	if (pci_enable_device(pdev)) {
 		err = -ENODEV;
 		goto out_no_pci;
 	}
 
+	/* W/A - seems to solve weird behavior. We need to remove this if we
+	 * don't want to stay in L1 all the time. This wastes a lot of power */
+	pci_disable_link_state(pdev, PCIE_LINK_STATE_L0S | PCIE_LINK_STATE_L1 |
+			       PCIE_LINK_STATE_CLKPM);
+
 	pci_set_master(pdev);
 
 	err = pci_set_dma_mask(pdev, DMA_BIT_MASK(36));