diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c b/drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c
index 4ef1c3b8094e..8ee77f4afe9f 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c
@@ -966,24 +966,23 @@ static int ft260_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id *id)
 	mutex_init(&dev->lock);
 	init_completion(&dev->wait);
 
+	ret = ft260_xfer_status(dev);
+	if (ret)
+		ft260_i2c_reset(hdev);
+
+	i2c_set_adapdata(&dev->adap, dev);
 	ret = i2c_add_adapter(&dev->adap);
 	if (ret) {
 		hid_err(hdev, "failed to add i2c adapter\n");
 		goto err_hid_close;
 	}
 
-	i2c_set_adapdata(&dev->adap, dev);
-
 	ret = sysfs_create_group(&hdev->dev.kobj, &ft260_attr_group);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		hid_err(hdev, "failed to create sysfs attrs\n");
 		goto err_i2c_free;
 	}
 
-	ret = ft260_xfer_status(dev);
-	if (ret)
-		ft260_i2c_reset(hdev);
-
 	return 0;
 
 err_i2c_free: