diff --git a/net/rds/ib.c b/net/rds/ib.c
index ed51ccc84b3a..aa5f75d4880c 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib.c
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ static void rds_ib_add_one(struct ib_device *device)
 	atomic_set(&rds_ibdev->refcount, 1);
 	INIT_WORK(&rds_ibdev->free_work, rds_ib_dev_free);
 
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rds_ibdev->ipaddr_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rds_ibdev->conn_list);
+
 	rds_ibdev->max_wrs = dev_attr->max_qp_wr;
 	rds_ibdev->max_sge = min(dev_attr->max_sge, RDS_IB_MAX_SGE);
 
@@ -187,9 +190,6 @@ static void rds_ib_add_one(struct ib_device *device)
 		 rds_ibdev->fmr_max_remaps, rds_ibdev->max_1m_fmrs,
 		 rds_ibdev->max_8k_fmrs);
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rds_ibdev->ipaddr_list);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rds_ibdev->conn_list);
-
 	down_write(&rds_ib_devices_lock);
 	list_add_tail_rcu(&rds_ibdev->list, &rds_ib_devices);
 	up_write(&rds_ib_devices_lock);