diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
index b2043df42a4f..8a696a4efbee 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
@@ -1333,6 +1333,7 @@ static int serial_omap_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	serial_omap_uart_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue(up->name);
 	INIT_WORK(&up->qos_work, serial_omap_uart_qos_work);
 
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, up);
 	pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(&pdev->dev);
 	pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(&pdev->dev,
 			omap_up_info->autosuspend_timeout);
@@ -1352,7 +1353,6 @@ static int serial_omap_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(up->dev);
 	pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(up->dev);
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, up);
 	return 0;
 
 err_add_port: