1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c
index 5f1a36b8fbb0..2f0b02248761 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c
@@ -498,12 +498,13 @@ static void lkdtm_do_action(enum ctype which)
         }
         case CT_READ_BUDDY_AFTER_FREE: {
                 unsigned long p = __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
-                int saw, *val = kmalloc(1024, GFP_KERNEL);
+                int saw, *val;
                 int *base;
 
                 if (!p)
                         break;
 
+                val = kmalloc(1024, GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (!val)
                         break;