diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c
index bb41becb66099389216192c761541ad1fd51790d..31ff1e0d1baacc1fba3a95329b9de8159dfbadd6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c
@@ -1335,13 +1335,11 @@ static int atl2_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 {
 	struct net_device *netdev;
 	struct atl2_adapter *adapter;
-	static int cards_found;
+	static int cards_found = 0;
 	unsigned long mmio_start;
 	int mmio_len;
 	int err;
 
-	cards_found = 0;
-
 	err = pci_enable_device(pdev);
 	if (err)
 		return err;