diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/notify.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/notify.c
index ce336899d636..66196b293b6c 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/notify.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/notify.c
@@ -1474,17 +1474,17 @@ int scmi_notification_init(struct scmi_handle *handle)
 	ni->gid = gid;
 	ni->handle = handle;
 
+	ni->registered_protocols = devm_kcalloc(handle->dev, SCMI_MAX_PROTO,
+						sizeof(char *), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ni->registered_protocols)
+		goto err;
+
 	ni->notify_wq = alloc_workqueue(dev_name(handle->dev),
 					WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_FREEZABLE | WQ_SYSFS,
 					0);
 	if (!ni->notify_wq)
 		goto err;
 
-	ni->registered_protocols = devm_kcalloc(handle->dev, SCMI_MAX_PROTO,
-						sizeof(char *), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ni->registered_protocols)
-		goto err;
-
 	mutex_init(&ni->pending_mtx);
 	hash_init(ni->pending_events_handlers);