diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mlxcpld.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mlxcpld.c
index 745ed43a22d65cba3920aced8aa2f525d5e4e9a9..2fd717d8dd30eca66aa03305a3f01ce5d24a8774 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mlxcpld.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mlxcpld.c
@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@ static int mlxcpld_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, priv);
 
 	priv->dev = &pdev->dev;
+	priv->base_addr = MLXPLAT_CPLD_LPC_I2C_BASE_ADDR;
 
 	/* Register with i2c layer */
 	mlxcpld_i2c_adapter.timeout = usecs_to_jiffies(MLXCPLD_I2C_XFER_TO);
@@ -518,7 +519,6 @@ static int mlxcpld_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		mlxcpld_i2c_adapter.nr = pdev->id;
 	priv->adap = mlxcpld_i2c_adapter;
 	priv->adap.dev.parent = &pdev->dev;
-	priv->base_addr = MLXPLAT_CPLD_LPC_I2C_BASE_ADDR;
 	i2c_set_adapdata(&priv->adap, priv);
 
 	err = i2c_add_numbered_adapter(&priv->adap);