diff --git a/drivers/staging/usbip/stub_main.c b/drivers/staging/usbip/stub_main.c
index 2d63178..705a9e5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/usbip/stub_main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/usbip/stub_main.c
@@ -246,8 +246,9 @@
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	stub_priv_cache = KMEM_CACHE(stub_priv, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN);
+	init_busid_table();
 
+	stub_priv_cache = KMEM_CACHE(stub_priv, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN);
 	if (!stub_priv_cache) {
 		pr_err("kmem_cache_create failed\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -266,7 +267,6 @@
 		goto err_create_file;
 	}
 
-	init_busid_table();
 	pr_info(DRIVER_DESC " v" USBIP_VERSION "\n");
 	return ret;