1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
index 2f78b77f0f81..4cf263d7dffc 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
@@ -286,7 +286,8 @@ static int __tty_buffer_request_room(struct tty_port *port, size_t size,
         change = (b->flags & TTYB_NORMAL) && (~flags & TTYB_NORMAL);
         if (change || left < size) {
                 /* This is the slow path - looking for new buffers to use */
-                if ((n = tty_buffer_alloc(port, size)) != NULL) {
+                n = tty_buffer_alloc(port, size);
+                if (n != NULL) {
                         n->flags = flags;
                         buf->tail = n;
                         b->commit = b->used;