diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
index c3f194d9384d..341787909bd2 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
@@ -2464,6 +2464,13 @@ struct rproc *rproc_alloc(struct device *dev, const char *name,
 	rproc->dev.driver_data = rproc;
 	idr_init(&rproc->notifyids);
 
+	/* Assign a unique device index and name */
+	rproc->index = ida_alloc(&rproc_dev_index, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (rproc->index < 0) {
+		dev_err(dev, "ida_alloc failed: %d\n", rproc->index);
+		goto put_device;
+	}
+
 	rproc->name = kstrdup_const(name, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!rproc->name)
 		goto put_device;
@@ -2474,13 +2481,6 @@ struct rproc *rproc_alloc(struct device *dev, const char *name,
 	if (rproc_alloc_ops(rproc, ops))
 		goto put_device;
 
-	/* Assign a unique device index and name */
-	rproc->index = ida_alloc(&rproc_dev_index, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (rproc->index < 0) {
-		dev_err(dev, "ida_alloc failed: %d\n", rproc->index);
-		goto put_device;
-	}
-
 	dev_set_name(&rproc->dev, "remoteproc%d", rproc->index);
 
 	atomic_set(&rproc->power, 0);