diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/perf.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/perf.c
index 43dd242ecc49..431bda9165c3 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/perf.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/perf.c
@@ -858,6 +858,8 @@ 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;
@@ -877,8 +879,6 @@ static int scmi_perf_protocol_init(const struct scmi_protocol_handle *ph)
 			scmi_perf_domain_init_fc(ph, domain, &dom->fc_info);
 	}
 
-	pinfo->version = version;
-
 	return ph->set_priv(ph, pinfo);
 }