goto err_free_tmreq_pool;
        }
 
-       /*
-        * Initialization done with PCI system, hardware, firmware.
-        * Add shost to SCSI
-        */
-       ret = snic_add_host(shost, pdev);
-       if (ret) {
-               SNIC_HOST_ERR(shost,
-                             "Adding scsi host Failed ... exiting. %d\n",
-                             ret);
-
-               goto err_notify_unset;
-       }
-
        spin_lock_irqsave(&snic_glob->snic_list_lock, flags);
        list_add_tail(&snic->list, &snic_glob->snic_list);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&snic_glob->snic_list_lock, flags);
        for (i = 0; i < snic->intr_count; i++)
                svnic_intr_unmask(&snic->intr[i]);
 
-       snic_set_state(snic, SNIC_ONLINE);
-
        /* Get snic params */
        ret = snic_get_conf(snic);
        if (ret) {
                goto err_get_conf;
        }
 
+       /*
+        * Initialization done with PCI system, hardware, firmware.
+        * Add shost to SCSI
+        */
+       ret = snic_add_host(shost, pdev);
+       if (ret) {
+               SNIC_HOST_ERR(shost,
+                             "Adding scsi host Failed ... exiting. %d\n",
+                             ret);
+
+               goto err_get_conf;
+       }
+
+       snic_set_state(snic, SNIC_ONLINE);
+
        ret = snic_disc_start(snic);
        if (ret) {
                SNIC_HOST_ERR(shost, "snic_probe:Discovery Failed w err = %d\n",
        svnic_dev_disable(snic->vdev);
 
 err_vdev_enable:
+       svnic_dev_notify_unset(snic->vdev);
+
        for (i = 0; i < snic->wq_count; i++) {
                int rc = 0;
 
        }
        snic_del_host(snic->shost);
 
-err_notify_unset:
-       svnic_dev_notify_unset(snic->vdev);
-
 err_free_tmreq_pool:
        mempool_destroy(snic->req_pool[SNIC_REQ_TM_CACHE]);