diff --git a/sound/pci/rme96.c b/sound/pci/rme96.c
index 65611a7..991cb18 100644
--- a/sound/pci/rme96.c
+++ b/sound/pci/rme96.c
@@ -1583,17 +1583,17 @@
 		return err;
 	rme96->port = pci_resource_start(rme96->pci, 0);
 
+	if ((rme96->iobase = ioremap_nocache(rme96->port, RME96_IO_SIZE)) == 0) {
+		snd_printk(KERN_ERR "unable to remap memory region 0x%lx-0x%lx\n", rme96->port, rme96->port + RME96_IO_SIZE - 1);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	if (request_irq(pci->irq, snd_rme96_interrupt, SA_INTERRUPT|SA_SHIRQ, "RME96", (void *)rme96)) {
 		snd_printk(KERN_ERR "unable to grab IRQ %d\n", pci->irq);
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 	rme96->irq = pci->irq;
 
-	if ((rme96->iobase = ioremap_nocache(rme96->port, RME96_IO_SIZE)) == 0) {
-		snd_printk(KERN_ERR "unable to remap memory region 0x%lx-0x%lx\n", rme96->port, rme96->port + RME96_IO_SIZE - 1);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
 	/* read the card's revision number */
 	pci_read_config_byte(pci, 8, &rme96->rev);