1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_object.c
index 6c2cf81716d..e7c100ba63a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_object.c
@@ -885,11 +885,12 @@ int
 nouveau_gpuobj_sw_new(struct nouveau_channel *chan, int class,
                       struct nouveau_gpuobj **gpuobj_ret)
 {
-        struct drm_nouveau_private *dev_priv = chan->dev->dev_private;
+        struct drm_nouveau_private *dev_priv;
         struct nouveau_gpuobj *gpuobj;
 
         if (!chan || !gpuobj_ret || *gpuobj_ret != NULL)
                 return -EINVAL;
+        dev_priv = chan->dev->dev_private;
 
         gpuobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*gpuobj), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!gpuobj)