diff --git a/drivers/sh/intc/core.c b/drivers/sh/intc/core.c
index f8e070d67fa3266d8c921c58dfb92c74373a3f26..51586c5e993bb4e746fbfd4ecfa499ef73ca5ae2 100644
--- a/drivers/sh/intc/core.c
+++ b/drivers/sh/intc/core.c
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ int __init register_intc_controller(struct intc_desc *desc)
 		goto err0;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&d->list);
-	list_add_tail(&d->list, &intc_list);
 
 	raw_spin_lock_init(&d->lock);
 	INIT_RADIX_TREE(&d->tree, GFP_ATOMIC);
@@ -380,6 +379,7 @@ int __init register_intc_controller(struct intc_desc *desc)
 
 	d->skip_suspend = desc->skip_syscore_suspend;
 
+	list_add_tail(&d->list, &intc_list);
 	nr_intc_controllers++;
 
 	return 0;