diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c
index c4efec277255..0e0a4eec5486 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c
@@ -530,17 +530,17 @@ static int wilc_wlan_initialize(struct net_device *dev, struct wilc_vif *vif)
 			goto fail_locks;
 		}
 
-		if (wl->gpio_irq && init_irq(dev)) {
-			ret = -EIO;
-			goto fail_locks;
-		}
-
 		ret = wlan_initialize_threads(dev);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			ret = -EIO;
 			goto fail_wilc_wlan;
 		}
 
+		if (wl->gpio_irq && init_irq(dev)) {
+			ret = -EIO;
+			goto fail_threads;
+		}
+
 		if (!wl->dev_irq_num &&
 		    wl->hif_func->enable_interrupt &&
 		    wl->hif_func->enable_interrupt(wl)) {
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ fail_irq_enable:
 fail_irq_init:
 		if (wl->dev_irq_num)
 			deinit_irq(dev);
-
+fail_threads:
 		wlan_deinitialize_threads(dev);
 fail_wilc_wlan:
 		wilc_wlan_cleanup(dev);