1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/prints.c b/fs/reiserfs/prints.c
index adbc6f538515..45de98b59466 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/prints.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/prints.c
@@ -586,13 +586,13 @@ void print_block(struct buffer_head *bh, ...)	//int print_mode, int first, int l
         va_list args;
         int mode, first, last;
 
-        va_start(args, bh);
-
         if (!bh) {
                 printk("print_block: buffer is NULL\n");
                 return;
         }
 
+        va_start(args, bh);
+
         mode = va_arg(args, int);
         first = va_arg(args, int);
         last = va_arg(args, int);