diff --git a/arch/avr/src/at90usb/at90usb_usbdev.c b/arch/avr/src/at90usb/at90usb_usbdev.c
index deac78beb62..30223529486 100644
--- a/arch/avr/src/at90usb/at90usb_usbdev.c
+++ b/arch/avr/src/at90usb/at90usb_usbdev.c
@@ -2745,14 +2745,6 @@ void up_usbinitialize(void)
 {
   usbtrace(TRACE_DEVINIT, 0);
 
-  /* Shutdown the USB interface to put it in a known initial state */
-
-  avr_usbshutdown();
-
-  /* Select USB device mode */
-
-  UHWCON |= (1 << UIMOD);
-
   /* Initialize the device state structure */
 
   memset(&g_usbdev, 0, sizeof(struct avr_usbdev_s));
@@ -2760,10 +2752,6 @@ void up_usbinitialize(void)
   g_usbdev.usbdev.ep0 = &g_usbdev.eplist[AVR_EP0].ep;
   g_usbdev.epavail    = AVR_ALL_EPS & ~(1 << AVR_EP0);
 
-  /* Reset the interface to force re-enumeration */
-
-  avr_usbreset();
-
   /* Attach USB controller general interrupt handler */
 
   if (irq_attach(AT90USB_IRQ_USBGEN, avr_geninterrupt) != 0)
@@ -2780,6 +2768,20 @@ void up_usbinitialize(void)
       goto errout;
     }
 
+  /* Shutdown the USB interface to put it in a known initial state */
+
+  avr_usbshutdown();
+
+  /* Select USB device mode */
+
+  UHWCON |= (1 << UIMOD);
+
+  /* Reset the interface to force re-enumeration (the reset operation
+   * enables interrupts.
+   */
+
+  avr_usbreset();
+
   /* Set the VBUS pad */
 
   USBCON |= (1 << OTGPADE);