diff --git a/drivers/crypto/intel/keembay/keembay-ocs-aes-core.c b/drivers/crypto/intel/keembay/keembay-ocs-aes-core.c
index 0e424024224e..460a943cca22 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/intel/keembay/keembay-ocs-aes-core.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/intel/keembay/keembay-ocs-aes-core.c
@@ -1602,6 +1602,8 @@ static int kmb_ocs_aes_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (IS_ERR(aes_dev->base_reg))
 		return PTR_ERR(aes_dev->base_reg);
 
+	init_completion(&aes_dev->irq_completion);
+
 	/* Get and request IRQ */
 	aes_dev->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 	if (aes_dev->irq < 0)
@@ -1619,8 +1621,6 @@ static int kmb_ocs_aes_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	list_add_tail(&aes_dev->list, &ocs_aes.dev_list);
 	spin_unlock(&ocs_aes.lock);
 
-	init_completion(&aes_dev->irq_completion);
-
 	/* Initialize crypto engine */
 	aes_dev->engine = crypto_engine_alloc_init(dev, true);
 	if (!aes_dev->engine) {