diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_init.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_init.c
index d211af70c7ec2c5e181b654e1afbbdeac4bfad45..3ca3118efb3a39dc7a84977cde9f1490b31e92f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_init.c
@@ -2355,7 +2355,9 @@ int qlcnic_83xx_init(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter, int pci_using_dac)
 		goto disable_mbx_intr;
 
 	qlcnic_83xx_clear_function_resources(adapter);
+	qlcnic_dcb_enable(adapter->dcb);
 	qlcnic_83xx_initialize_nic(adapter, 1);
+	qlcnic_dcb_get_info(adapter->dcb);
 
 	/* Configure default, SR-IOV or Virtual NIC mode of operation */
 	err = qlcnic_83xx_configure_opmode(adapter);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_dcb.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_dcb.c
index 7d4f54912bad526077b145109dc003e532b88d70..a51fe18f09a80e0d753f8ef7e8cd79142d69d0c3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_dcb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_dcb.c
@@ -330,8 +330,6 @@ static int __qlcnic_dcb_attach(struct qlcnic_dcb *dcb)
 		goto out_free_cfg;
 	}
 
-	qlcnic_dcb_get_info(dcb);
-
 	return 0;
 out_free_cfg:
 	kfree(dcb->cfg);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
index 309d056408834fb1f8e1cfc853c3258dadc73742..84d011ed7ec25900330be704bab5b05d7951dfb6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
@@ -2528,8 +2528,6 @@ qlcnic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		goto err_out_free_hw;
 	}
 
-	qlcnic_dcb_enable(adapter->dcb);
-
 	if (qlcnic_read_mac_addr(adapter))
 		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "failed to read mac addr\n");
 
@@ -2549,7 +2547,10 @@ qlcnic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 			 "Device does not support MSI interrupts\n");
 
 	if (qlcnic_82xx_check(adapter)) {
+		qlcnic_dcb_enable(adapter->dcb);
+		qlcnic_dcb_get_info(adapter->dcb);
 		err = qlcnic_setup_intr(adapter);
+
 		if (err) {
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to setup interrupt\n");
 			goto err_out_disable_msi;