diff --git a/pkg/nvcdi/lib.go b/pkg/nvcdi/lib.go
index 4753cf71..ff44b6dc 100644
--- a/pkg/nvcdi/lib.go
+++ b/pkg/nvcdi/lib.go
@@ -81,14 +81,25 @@ func New(opts ...Option) (Interface, error) {
 		indexNamer, _ := NewDeviceNamer(DeviceNameStrategyIndex)
 		l.deviceNamers = []DeviceNamer{indexNamer}
 	}
+	if l.nvidiaCDIHookPath == "" {
+		l.nvidiaCDIHookPath = "/usr/bin/nvidia-cdi-hook"
+	}
 	if l.driverRoot == "" {
 		l.driverRoot = "/"
 	}
 	if l.devRoot == "" {
 		l.devRoot = l.driverRoot
 	}
-	if l.nvidiaCDIHookPath == "" {
-		l.nvidiaCDIHookPath = "/usr/bin/nvidia-cdi-hook"
+	l.driver = root.New(
+		root.WithLogger(l.logger),
+		root.WithDriverRoot(l.driverRoot),
+		root.WithLibrarySearchPaths(l.librarySearchPaths...),
+	)
+	if l.nvmllib == nil {
+		l.nvmllib = nvml.New()
+	}
+	if l.devicelib == nil {
+		l.devicelib = device.New(device.WithNvml(l.nvmllib))
 	}
 	if l.infolib == nil {
 		l.infolib = info.New(
@@ -99,12 +110,6 @@ func New(opts ...Option) (Interface, error) {
 		)
 	}
 
-	l.driver = root.New(
-		root.WithLogger(l.logger),
-		root.WithDriverRoot(l.driverRoot),
-		root.WithLibrarySearchPaths(l.librarySearchPaths...),
-	)
-
 	var lib Interface
 	switch l.resolveMode() {
 	case ModeCSV:
@@ -118,13 +123,6 @@ func New(opts ...Option) (Interface, error) {
 		}
 		lib = (*managementlib)(l)
 	case ModeNvml:
-		if l.nvmllib == nil {
-			l.nvmllib = nvml.New()
-		}
-		if l.devicelib == nil {
-			l.devicelib = device.New(device.WithNvml(l.nvmllib))
-		}
-
 		lib = (*nvmllib)(l)
 	case ModeWsl:
 		lib = (*wsllib)(l)