1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
index 15e7882f371..3b0cfeb33d0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
@@ -347,11 +347,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(omap_dm_timer_start);
 int omap_dm_timer_stop(struct omap_dm_timer *timer)
 {
         unsigned long rate = 0;
-        struct dmtimer_platform_data *pdata = timer->pdev->dev.platform_data;
+        struct dmtimer_platform_data *pdata;
 
         if (unlikely(!timer))
                 return -EINVAL;
 
+        pdata = timer->pdev->dev.platform_data;
         if (!pdata->needs_manual_reset)
                 rate = clk_get_rate(timer->fclk);