diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
index 8efb2e8ff8f4..3bfdd8545776 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
@@ -645,6 +645,8 @@ static int qeth_l2_probe_device(struct ccwgroup_device *gdev)
 	struct qeth_card *card = dev_get_drvdata(&gdev->dev);
 	int rc;
 
+	qeth_l2_vnicc_set_defaults(card);
+
 	if (gdev->dev.type == &qeth_generic_devtype) {
 		rc = qeth_l2_create_device_attributes(&gdev->dev);
 		if (rc)
@@ -652,8 +654,6 @@ static int qeth_l2_probe_device(struct ccwgroup_device *gdev)
 	}
 
 	hash_init(card->mac_htable);
-	card->info.hwtrap = 0;
-	qeth_l2_vnicc_set_defaults(card);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
index 7e68d9d16859..2f002843b16e 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
@@ -2260,7 +2260,6 @@ static int qeth_l3_probe_device(struct ccwgroup_device *gdev)
 	}
 	hash_init(card->ip_htable);
 	hash_init(card->ip_mc_htable);
-	card->info.hwtrap = 0;
 	return 0;
 }