diff --git a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c
index 097e536e8672..03342728bf23 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c
@@ -353,16 +353,16 @@ static int __devinit pcistub_init_device(struct pci_dev *dev)
 	if (err)
 		goto config_release;
 
-	dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "reseting (FLR, D3, etc) the device\n");
-	__pci_reset_function_locked(dev);
-
 	/* We need the device active to save the state. */
 	dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "save state of device\n");
 	pci_save_state(dev);
 	dev_data->pci_saved_state = pci_store_saved_state(dev);
 	if (!dev_data->pci_saved_state)
 		dev_err(&dev->dev, "Could not store PCI conf saved state!\n");
-
+	else {
+		dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "reseting (FLR, D3, etc) the device\n");
+		__pci_reset_function_locked(dev);
+	}
 	/* Now disable the device (this also ensures some private device
 	 * data is setup before we export)
 	 */