diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/core.c b/net/nfc/nci/core.c
index 090972033a15..5362d8f543e7 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/core.c
@@ -402,9 +402,8 @@ static int nci_open_device(struct nci_dev *ndev)
 				   msecs_to_jiffies(NCI_INIT_TIMEOUT));
 	}
 
-	if (ndev->ops->post_setup) {
+	if (!rc && ndev->ops->post_setup)
 		rc = ndev->ops->post_setup(ndev);
-	}
 
 	if (!rc) {
 		rc = __nci_request(ndev, nci_init_complete_req, 0,