diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 2464dca88f794..56d4416c9a11c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -10822,6 +10822,12 @@ static int i40e_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	hw->bus.func = PCI_FUNC(pdev->devfn);
 	pf->instance = pfs_found;
 
+	/* set up the locks for the AQ, do this only once in probe
+	 * and destroy them only once in remove
+	 */
+	mutex_init(&hw->aq.asq_mutex);
+	mutex_init(&hw->aq.arq_mutex);
+
 	if (debug != -1) {
 		pf->msg_enable = pf->hw.debug_mask;
 		pf->msg_enable = debug;
@@ -10867,12 +10873,6 @@ static int i40e_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	/* set up a default setting for link flow control */
 	pf->hw.fc.requested_mode = I40E_FC_NONE;
 
-	/* set up the locks for the AQ, do this only once in probe
-	 * and destroy them only once in remove
-	 */
-	mutex_init(&hw->aq.asq_mutex);
-	mutex_init(&hw->aq.arq_mutex);
-
 	err = i40e_init_adminq(hw);
 	if (err) {
 		if (err == I40E_ERR_FIRMWARE_API_VERSION)
@@ -11265,7 +11265,6 @@ static int i40e_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	kfree(pf->qp_pile);
 err_sw_init:
 err_adminq_setup:
-	(void)i40e_shutdown_adminq(hw);
 err_pf_reset:
 	iounmap(hw->hw_addr);
 err_ioremap: