diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
index 47298ab675a5..0b7132a42e35 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
@@ -3157,7 +3157,7 @@ int ice_vsi_rebuild(struct ice_vsi *vsi, u32 vsi_flags)
 {
 	struct ice_vsi_cfg_params params = {};
 	struct ice_coalesce_stored *coalesce;
-	int prev_num_q_vectors = 0;
+	int prev_num_q_vectors;
 	struct ice_pf *pf;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -3171,13 +3171,6 @@ int ice_vsi_rebuild(struct ice_vsi *vsi, u32 vsi_flags)
 	if (WARN_ON(vsi->type == ICE_VSI_VF && !vsi->vf))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	coalesce = kcalloc(vsi->num_q_vectors,
-			   sizeof(struct ice_coalesce_stored), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!coalesce)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	prev_num_q_vectors = ice_vsi_rebuild_get_coalesce(vsi, coalesce);
-
 	ret = ice_vsi_realloc_stat_arrays(vsi);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_vsi_cfg;
@@ -3187,6 +3180,13 @@ int ice_vsi_rebuild(struct ice_vsi *vsi, u32 vsi_flags)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_vsi_cfg;
 
+	coalesce = kcalloc(vsi->num_q_vectors,
+			   sizeof(struct ice_coalesce_stored), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!coalesce)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	prev_num_q_vectors = ice_vsi_rebuild_get_coalesce(vsi, coalesce);
+
 	ret = ice_vsi_cfg_tc_lan(pf, vsi);
 	if (ret) {
 		if (vsi_flags & ICE_VSI_FLAG_INIT) {
@@ -3205,8 +3205,8 @@ int ice_vsi_rebuild(struct ice_vsi *vsi, u32 vsi_flags)
 
 err_vsi_cfg_tc_lan:
 	ice_vsi_decfg(vsi);
-err_vsi_cfg:
 	kfree(coalesce);
+err_vsi_cfg:
 	return ret;
 }