diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
index 2f002843b16e..d805e72edb58 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
@@ -2253,12 +2253,14 @@ static int qeth_l3_probe_device(struct ccwgroup_device *gdev)
 	struct qeth_card *card = dev_get_drvdata(&gdev->dev);
 	int rc;
 
+	hash_init(card->ip_htable);
+
 	if (gdev->dev.type == &qeth_generic_devtype) {
 		rc = qeth_l3_create_device_attributes(&gdev->dev);
 		if (rc)
 			return rc;
 	}
-	hash_init(card->ip_htable);
+
 	hash_init(card->ip_mc_htable);
 	return 0;
 }