diff --git a/arch/mips/pci/pci-octeon.c b/arch/mips/pci/pci-octeon.c
index 5017d5843c5a..fc29b85cfa92 100644
--- a/arch/mips/pci/pci-octeon.c
+++ b/arch/mips/pci/pci-octeon.c
@@ -568,6 +568,11 @@ static int __init octeon_pci_setup(void)
 	if (octeon_has_feature(OCTEON_FEATURE_PCIE))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (!octeon_is_pci_host()) {
+		pr_notice("Not in host mode, PCI Controller not initialized\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/* Point pcibios_map_irq() to the PCI version of it */
 	octeon_pcibios_map_irq = octeon_pci_pcibios_map_irq;
 
@@ -579,11 +584,6 @@ static int __init octeon_pci_setup(void)
 	else
 		octeon_dma_bar_type = OCTEON_DMA_BAR_TYPE_BIG;
 
-	if (!octeon_is_pci_host()) {
-		pr_notice("Not in host mode, PCI Controller not initialized\n");
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	/* PCI I/O and PCI MEM values */
 	set_io_port_base(OCTEON_PCI_IOSPACE_BASE);
 	ioport_resource.start = 0;