diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
index a358ceb4e1d0..2c255ed9b8a9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
@@ -8419,6 +8419,9 @@ mlxsw_sp_rif_create(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 	rif->ops = ops;
 	rif->rif_entries = rif_entries;
 
+	if (ops->setup)
+		ops->setup(rif, params);
+
 	if (ops->fid_get) {
 		fid = ops->fid_get(rif, params, extack);
 		if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
@@ -8428,9 +8431,6 @@ mlxsw_sp_rif_create(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 		rif->fid = fid;
 	}
 
-	if (ops->setup)
-		ops->setup(rif, params);
-
 	err = ops->configure(rif, extack);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_configure;