diff --git a/drivers/net/sky2.c b/drivers/net/sky2.c
index 6b5946fe8ae..c6ceba95ace 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sky2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sky2.c
@@ -4364,6 +4364,22 @@ static int __devinit sky2_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		goto err_out;
 	}
 
+	/* Get configuration information
+	 * Note: only regular PCI config access once to test for HW issues
+	 *       other PCI access through shared memory for speed and to
+	 *	 avoid MMCONFIG problems.
+	 */
+	err = pci_read_config_dword(pdev, PCI_DEV_REG2, &reg);
+	if (err) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "PCI read config failed\n");
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
+	if (~reg == 0) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "PCI configuration read error\n");
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
 	err = pci_request_regions(pdev, DRV_NAME);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "cannot obtain PCI resources\n");
@@ -4389,21 +4405,6 @@ static int __devinit sky2_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* Get configuration information
-	 * Note: only regular PCI config access once to test for HW issues
-	 *       other PCI access through shared memory for speed and to
-	 *	 avoid MMCONFIG problems.
-	 */
-	err = pci_read_config_dword(pdev, PCI_DEV_REG2, &reg);
-	if (err) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "PCI read config failed\n");
-		goto err_out_free_regions;
-	}
-
-	/* size of available VPD, only impact sysfs */
-	err = pci_vpd_truncate(pdev, 1ul << (((reg & PCI_VPD_ROM_SZ) >> 14) + 8));
-	if (err)
-		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "Can't set VPD size\n");
 
 #ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
 	/* The sk98lin vendor driver uses hardware byte swapping but