[netdrvr] tehuti: move ioctl perm check closer to function start

Noticed by davem.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/tehuti.c b/drivers/net/tehuti.c
index d2e1b219673d..e83b166aa6b9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tehuti.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tehuti.c
@@ -649,6 +649,9 @@ static int bdx_ioctl_priv(struct net_device *ndev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
                 DBG("%d 0x%x 0x%x\n", data[0], data[1], data[2]);
         }
 
+        if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+                return -EPERM;
+
         switch (data[0]) {
 
         case BDX_OP_READ:
@@ -664,8 +667,6 @@ static int bdx_ioctl_priv(struct net_device *ndev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
                 break;
 
         case BDX_OP_WRITE:
-                if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
-                        return -EPERM;
                 error = bdx_range_check(priv, data[1]);
                 if (error < 0)
                         return error;