diff --git a/fs/resctrl/monitor.c b/fs/resctrl/monitor.c
index fcf2ab18966fd538573a954e7dc2b27ed3a2bf2e..68401ca0827aa7d5bff59b09bc7a94f0d08fa13d 100644
--- a/fs/resctrl/monitor.c
+++ b/fs/resctrl/monitor.c
@@ -830,13 +830,13 @@ int resctrl_mon_resource_init(void)
 	struct rdt_resource *r = resctrl_arch_get_resource(RDT_RESOURCE_L3);
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!r->mon_capable)
+		return 0;
+
 	ret = dom_data_init(r);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (!r->mon_capable)
-		return 0;
-
 	l3_mon_evt_init(r);
 
 	if (resctrl_arch_is_evt_configurable(QOS_L3_MBM_TOTAL_EVENT_ID)) {