diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c
index 6adebf31ea69..70b68d35f969 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-s3c.c
@@ -508,13 +508,13 @@ static int __devinit s3c_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto err_nortc;
 	}
 
+	s3c_rtc_cpu_type = platform_get_device_id(pdev)->driver_data;
+
 	if (s3c_rtc_cpu_type == TYPE_S3C64XX)
 		rtc->max_user_freq = 32768;
 	else
 		rtc->max_user_freq = 128;
 
-	s3c_rtc_cpu_type = platform_get_device_id(pdev)->driver_data;
-
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, rtc);
 
 	s3c_rtc_setfreq(&pdev->dev, 1);