return -EIO;
        }
        pci_set_master(pci);
+       snd_intel8x0_chip_init(chip, 0);
        if (request_irq(pci->irq, snd_intel8x0_interrupt,
                        IRQF_SHARED, card->shortname, chip)) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "intel8x0: unable to grab IRQ %d, "
        }
        chip->irq = pci->irq;
        synchronize_irq(chip->irq);
-       snd_intel8x0_chip_init(chip, 0);
 
        /* re-initialize mixer stuff */
        if (chip->device_type == DEVICE_INTEL_ICH4 && !spdif_aclink) {
                ICH_REG_ALI_INTERRUPTSR : ICH_REG_GLOB_STA;
        chip->int_sta_mask = int_sta_masks;
 
-       /* request irq after initializaing int_sta_mask, etc */
-       if (request_irq(pci->irq, snd_intel8x0_interrupt,
-                       IRQF_SHARED, card->shortname, chip)) {
-               snd_printk(KERN_ERR "unable to grab IRQ %d\n", pci->irq);
-               snd_intel8x0_free(chip);
-               return -EBUSY;
-       }
-       chip->irq = pci->irq;
        pci_set_master(pci);
-       synchronize_irq(chip->irq);
 
        switch(chip->device_type) {
        case DEVICE_INTEL_ICH4:
                return err;
        }
 
+       /* request irq after initializaing int_sta_mask, etc */
+       if (request_irq(pci->irq, snd_intel8x0_interrupt,
+                       IRQF_SHARED, card->shortname, chip)) {
+               snd_printk(KERN_ERR "unable to grab IRQ %d\n", pci->irq);
+               snd_intel8x0_free(chip);
+               return -EBUSY;
+       }
+       chip->irq = pci->irq;
+
        if ((err = snd_device_new(card, SNDRV_DEV_LOWLEVEL, chip, &ops)) < 0) {
                snd_intel8x0_free(chip);
                return err;