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-rw-r--r--arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c
index 756923203860..85a821aaceb4 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ srmcons_get_private_struct(struct srmcons_private **ps)
int retval = 0;
if (srmconsp == NULL) {
+ srmconsp = kmalloc(sizeof(*srmconsp), GFP_KERNEL);
spin_lock_irqsave(&srmconsp_lock, flags);
- srmconsp = kmalloc(sizeof(*srmconsp), GFP_KERNEL);
if (srmconsp == NULL)
retval = -ENOMEM;
else {