1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 0a1b1ea36ddc..31a0b605f261 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -300,6 +300,15 @@ static struct request *nbd_read_stat(struct nbd_device *lo)
                                 lo->disk->disk_name, result);
                 goto harderror;
         }
+
+        if (ntohl(reply.magic) != NBD_REPLY_MAGIC) {
+                printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Wrong magic (0x%lx)\n",
+                                lo->disk->disk_name,
+                                (unsigned long)ntohl(reply.magic));
+                result = -EPROTO;
+                goto harderror;
+        }
+
         req = nbd_find_request(lo, reply.handle);
         if (unlikely(IS_ERR(req))) {
                 result = PTR_ERR(req);
@@ -312,13 +321,6 @@ static struct request *nbd_read_stat(struct nbd_device *lo)
                 goto harderror;
         }
 
-        if (ntohl(reply.magic) != NBD_REPLY_MAGIC) {
-                printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Wrong magic (0x%lx)\n",
-                                lo->disk->disk_name,
-                                (unsigned long)ntohl(reply.magic));
-                result = -EPROTO;
-                goto harderror;
-        }
         if (ntohl(reply.error)) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Other side returned error (%d)\n",
                                 lo->disk->disk_name, ntohl(reply.error));