1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/block/partitions/aix.c b/block/partitions/aix.c
index 007f95eea0e1..850cbd1860d4 100644
--- a/block/partitions/aix.c
+++ b/block/partitions/aix.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ int aix_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
         u32 vgda_sector = 0;
         u32 vgda_len = 0;
         int numlvs = 0;
-        struct pvd *pvd;
+        struct pvd *pvd = NULL;
         struct lv_info {
                 unsigned short pps_per_lv;
                 unsigned short pps_found;
@@ -232,10 +232,11 @@ int aix_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
                                 if (lvip[i].pps_per_lv)
                                         foundlvs += 1;
                         }
+                        /* pvd loops depend on n[].name and lvip[].pps_per_lv */
+                        pvd = alloc_pvd(state, vgda_sector + 17);
                 }
                 put_dev_sector(sect);
         }
-        pvd = alloc_pvd(state, vgda_sector + 17);
         if (pvd) {
                 int numpps = be16_to_cpu(pvd->pp_count);
                 int psn_part1 = be32_to_cpu(pvd->psn_part1);