return -ENODEV;
        }
 
+       wmi_bus_dev = device_create(&wmi_bus_class, &device->dev, MKDEV(0, 0), NULL, "wmi_bus-%s",
+                                   dev_name(&device->dev));
+       if (IS_ERR(wmi_bus_dev))
+               return PTR_ERR(wmi_bus_dev);
+
+       error = devm_add_action_or_reset(&device->dev, acpi_wmi_remove_bus_device, wmi_bus_dev);
+       if (error < 0)
+               return error;
+
+       dev_set_drvdata(&device->dev, wmi_bus_dev);
+
        status = acpi_install_address_space_handler(acpi_device->handle,
                                                    ACPI_ADR_SPACE_EC,
                                                    &acpi_wmi_ec_space_handler,
        if (error < 0)
                return error;
 
-       wmi_bus_dev = device_create(&wmi_bus_class, &device->dev, MKDEV(0, 0),
-                                   NULL, "wmi_bus-%s", dev_name(&device->dev));
-       if (IS_ERR(wmi_bus_dev))
-               return PTR_ERR(wmi_bus_dev);
-
-       error = devm_add_action_or_reset(&device->dev, acpi_wmi_remove_bus_device, wmi_bus_dev);
-       if (error < 0)
-               return error;
-
-       dev_set_drvdata(&device->dev, wmi_bus_dev);
-
        error = parse_wdg(wmi_bus_dev, device);
        if (error) {
                pr_err("Failed to parse WDG method\n");