Index: linux-2.6.22-rc/drivers/uio/uio.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.22-rc.orig/drivers/uio/uio.c	2007-04-28 20:01:02.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.22-rc/drivers/uio/uio.c	2007-04-28 20:15:00.000000000 +0200
@@ -633,6 +633,8 @@
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_uio_dev_add_attributes;
 
+	info->uio_dev = idev;
+
 	if (idev->info->irq >= 0) {
 		ret = request_irq(idev->info->irq, uio_interrupt,
 				  idev->info->irq_flags, idev->info->name, idev);
@@ -640,7 +642,6 @@
 			goto err_request_irq;
 	}
 
-	info->uio_dev = idev;
 	return 0;
 
 err_request_irq: