diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio_pci_generic.c b/drivers/uio/uio_pci_generic.c
index 85c9884a67fd..fc22e1e6f215 100644
--- a/drivers/uio/uio_pci_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/uio/uio_pci_generic.c
@@ -128,12 +128,6 @@ static int __devinit probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	struct uio_pci_generic_dev *gdev;
 	int err;
 
-	if (!pdev->irq) {
-		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "No IRQ assigned to device: "
-			 "no support for interrupts?\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-
 	err = pci_enable_device(pdev);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "%s: pci_enable_device failed: %d\n",
@@ -141,6 +135,13 @@ static int __devinit probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		return err;
 	}
 
+	if (!pdev->irq) {
+		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "No IRQ assigned to device: "
+			 "no support for interrupts?\n");
+		pci_disable_device(pdev);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
 	err = verify_pci_2_3(pdev);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_verify;