diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/perf.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/perf.c
index c0cd556fbaae..30dedd6ebfde 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/perf.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/perf.c
@@ -1080,6 +1080,8 @@ static int scmi_perf_protocol_init(const struct scmi_protocol_handle *ph)
 	if (!pinfo)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	pinfo->version = version;
+
 	ret = scmi_perf_attributes_get(ph, pinfo);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -1104,8 +1106,6 @@ static int scmi_perf_protocol_init(const struct scmi_protocol_handle *ph)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	pinfo->version = version;
-
 	return ph->set_priv(ph, pinfo);
 }