diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
index f8978464df31..dad8f4afa17c 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ static void dell_wmi_input_destroy(struct wmi_device *wdev)
  * WMI Interface Version     8       4    <version>
  * WMI buffer length        12       4    4096
  */
-static int __init dell_wmi_check_descriptor_buffer(void)
+static int dell_wmi_check_descriptor_buffer(void)
 {
 	struct acpi_buffer out = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL };
 	union acpi_object *obj;
@@ -717,9 +717,15 @@ static int dell_wmi_events_set_enabled(bool enable)
 
 static int dell_wmi_probe(struct wmi_device *wdev)
 {
+	int err;
+
 	struct dell_wmi_priv *priv = devm_kzalloc(
 		&wdev->dev, sizeof(struct dell_wmi_priv), GFP_KERNEL);
 
+	err = dell_wmi_check_descriptor_buffer();
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
 	dev_set_drvdata(&wdev->dev, priv);
 
 	return dell_wmi_input_setup(wdev);
@@ -749,10 +755,6 @@ static int __init dell_wmi_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	err = dell_wmi_check_descriptor_buffer();
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
 	dmi_check_system(dell_wmi_smbios_list);
 
 	if (wmi_requires_smbios_request) {