diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/as102/as102_drv.c b/drivers/media/usb/as102/as102_drv.c
index 6b1d3528a0a7..e94828871635 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/as102/as102_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/as102/as102_drv.c
@@ -299,6 +299,8 @@ int as102_dvb_register(struct as102_dev_t *as102_dev)
 	as102_dev->dvb_dmx.priv = as102_dev;
 	as102_dev->dvb_dmx.filternum = pid_filtering ? 16 : 256;
 	as102_dev->dvb_dmx.feednum = 256;
+	/* init start / stop stream mutex */
+	mutex_init(&as102_dev->sem);
 	as102_dev->dvb_dmx.start_feed = as102_dvb_dmx_start_feed;
 	as102_dev->dvb_dmx.stop_feed = as102_dvb_dmx_stop_feed;
 
@@ -344,9 +346,6 @@ int as102_dvb_register(struct as102_dev_t *as102_dev)
 	/* init bus mutex for token locking */
 	mutex_init(&as102_dev->bus_adap.lock);
 
-	/* init start / stop stream mutex */
-	mutex_init(&as102_dev->sem);
-
 	/*
 	 * try to load as102 firmware. If firmware upload failed, we'll be
 	 * able to upload it later.