1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.c b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.c
index 49721c886c26..487f78ff750b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.c
@@ -616,11 +616,11 @@ static int pm8001_dev_found_notify(struct domain_device *dev)
         spin_lock_irqsave(&pm8001_ha->lock, flags);
 
         pm8001_device = pm8001_alloc_dev(pm8001_ha);
-        pm8001_device->sas_device = dev;
         if (!pm8001_device) {
                 res = -1;
                 goto found_out;
         }
+        pm8001_device->sas_device = dev;
         dev->lldd_dev = pm8001_device;
         pm8001_device->dev_type = dev->dev_type;
         pm8001_device->dcompletion = &completion;