diff --git a/drivers/crypto/picoxcell_crypto.c b/drivers/crypto/picoxcell_crypto.c
index dac6eb37fff9..fb34bf92861d 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/picoxcell_crypto.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/picoxcell_crypto.c
@@ -1685,11 +1685,6 @@ static int spacc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto err_clk_put;
 	}
 
-	ret = device_create_file(&pdev->dev, &dev_attr_stat_irq_thresh);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err_clk_disable;
-
-
 	/*
 	 * Use an IRQ threshold of 50% as a default. This seems to be a
 	 * reasonable trade off of latency against throughput but can be
@@ -1697,6 +1692,10 @@ static int spacc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	 */
 	engine->stat_irq_thresh = (engine->fifo_sz / 2);
 
+	ret = device_create_file(&pdev->dev, &dev_attr_stat_irq_thresh);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_clk_disable;
+
 	/*
 	 * Configure the interrupts. We only use the STAT_CNT interrupt as we
 	 * only submit a new packet for processing when we complete another in