1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index f28e937320a3..216ab915dd54 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ static int netlink_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
         struct netlink_sock *nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
         struct sockaddr_nl *nladdr = (struct sockaddr_nl *)addr;
         int err = 0;
-        unsigned long groups = nladdr->nl_groups;
+        unsigned long groups;
         bool bound;
 
         if (addr_len < sizeof(struct sockaddr_nl))
@@ -996,6 +996,7 @@ static int netlink_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
 
         if (nladdr->nl_family != AF_NETLINK)
                 return -EINVAL;
+        groups = nladdr->nl_groups;
 
         /* Only superuser is allowed to listen multicasts */
         if (groups) {