diff --git a/drivers/mfd/omap-usb-host.c b/drivers/mfd/omap-usb-host.c
index 6800411..95a2e54 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/omap-usb-host.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/omap-usb-host.c
@@ -799,14 +799,13 @@
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, omap);
 
+	omap_usbhs_init(dev);
 	ret = omap_usbhs_alloc_children(pdev);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "omap_usbhs_alloc_children failed\n");
 		goto err_alloc;
 	}
 
-	omap_usbhs_init(dev);
-
 	goto end_probe;
 
 err_alloc: