diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
index 6881fdc5da92..e2c0f971eccf 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
@@ -1349,12 +1349,6 @@ struct coresight_device *coresight_register(struct coresight_desc *desc)
 	csdev->dev.parent = desc->dev;
 	csdev->dev.release = coresight_device_release;
 	csdev->dev.bus = &coresight_bustype;
-	/*
-	 * Hold the reference to our parent device. This will be
-	 * dropped only in coresight_device_release().
-	 */
-	csdev->dev.fwnode = fwnode_handle_get(dev_fwnode(desc->dev));
-	dev_set_name(&csdev->dev, "%s", desc->name);
 
 	if (csdev->type == CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_SINK ||
 	    csdev->type == CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_LINKSINK) {
@@ -1366,6 +1360,14 @@ struct coresight_device *coresight_register(struct coresight_desc *desc)
 			goto err_out;
 		}
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Hold the reference to our parent device. This will be
+	 * dropped only in coresight_device_release().
+	 */
+	csdev->dev.fwnode = fwnode_handle_get(dev_fwnode(desc->dev));
+	dev_set_name(&csdev->dev, "%s", desc->name);
+
 	/*
 	 * Make sure the device registration and the connection fixup
 	 * are synchronised, so that we don't see uninitialised devices