diff --git a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_uart.c b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_uart.c
index 0cef2888dffd0..6916069f15992 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_uart.c
@@ -270,7 +270,6 @@ static int cros_ec_uart_probe(struct serdev_device *serdev)
 	}
 
 	serdev_device_set_drvdata(serdev, ec_dev);
-	serdev_device_set_client_ops(serdev, &cros_ec_uart_client_ops);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&ec_uart->response.wait_queue);
 
 	ec_uart->serdev = serdev;
@@ -300,6 +299,8 @@ static int cros_ec_uart_probe(struct serdev_device *serdev)
 			   sizeof(struct ec_response_get_protocol_info);
 	ec_dev->dout_size = sizeof(struct ec_host_request);
 
+	serdev_device_set_client_ops(serdev, &cros_ec_uart_client_ops);
+
 	return cros_ec_register(ec_dev);
 }