diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_main.c
index fb01407a310f..130b1e31b978 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_main.c
@@ -379,6 +379,9 @@ static struct siw_device *siw_device_create(struct net_device *netdev)
 	base_dev->dev.dma_ops = &dma_virt_ops;
 	base_dev->num_comp_vectors = num_possible_cpus();
 
+	xa_init_flags(&sdev->qp_xa, XA_FLAGS_ALLOC1);
+	xa_init_flags(&sdev->mem_xa, XA_FLAGS_ALLOC1);
+
 	ib_set_device_ops(base_dev, &siw_device_ops);
 	rv = ib_device_set_netdev(base_dev, netdev, 1);
 	if (rv)
@@ -406,9 +409,6 @@ static struct siw_device *siw_device_create(struct net_device *netdev)
 	sdev->attrs.max_srq_wr = SIW_MAX_SRQ_WR;
 	sdev->attrs.max_srq_sge = SIW_MAX_SGE;
 
-	xa_init_flags(&sdev->qp_xa, XA_FLAGS_ALLOC1);
-	xa_init_flags(&sdev->mem_xa, XA_FLAGS_ALLOC1);
-
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sdev->cep_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sdev->qp_list);