diff --git a/drivers/xen/events/events_base.c b/drivers/xen/events/events_base.c
index a1ec564d791c..2b8553bd8715 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/events/events_base.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/events/events_base.c
@@ -529,8 +529,8 @@ static unsigned int __startup_pirq(unsigned int irq)
 	if (rc)
 		goto err;
 
-	bind_evtchn_to_cpu(evtchn, 0);
 	info->evtchn = evtchn;
+	bind_evtchn_to_cpu(evtchn, 0);
 
 	rc = xen_evtchn_port_setup(info);
 	if (rc)