diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/smscufx.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/smscufx.c
index bfac3ee4a642..28768c272b73 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/smscufx.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/smscufx.c
@@ -1656,6 +1656,7 @@ static int ufx_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
 	info->par = dev;
 	info->pseudo_palette = dev->pseudo_palette;
 	info->fbops = &ufx_ops;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&info->modelist);
 
 	retval = fb_alloc_cmap(&info->cmap, 256, 0);
 	if (retval < 0) {
@@ -1666,8 +1667,6 @@ static int ufx_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&dev->free_framebuffer_work,
 			  ufx_free_framebuffer_work);
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&info->modelist);
-
 	retval = ufx_reg_read(dev, 0x3000, &id_rev);
 	check_warn_goto_error(retval, "error %d reading 0x3000 register from device", retval);
 	dev_dbg(dev->gdev, "ID_REV register value 0x%08x", id_rev);