1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index c476f0794132..bb7e80f4ced3 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -1214,9 +1214,6 @@ static ssize_t xps_cpus_show(struct netdev_queue *queue,
         cpumask_var_t mask;
         unsigned long index;
 
-        if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&mask, GFP_KERNEL))
-                return -ENOMEM;
-
         index = get_netdev_queue_index(queue);
 
         if (dev->num_tc) {
@@ -1226,6 +1223,9 @@ static ssize_t xps_cpus_show(struct netdev_queue *queue,
                         return -EINVAL;
         }
 
+        if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&mask, GFP_KERNEL))
+                return -ENOMEM;
+
         rcu_read_lock();
         dev_maps = rcu_dereference(dev->xps_maps);
         if (dev_maps) {