1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/config.c b/drivers/usb/core/config.c
index 16c1157be3fc..e4909c26becb 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/config.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/config.c
@@ -735,7 +735,6 @@ int usb_get_configuration(struct usb_device *dev)
         int ncfg = dev->descriptor.bNumConfigurations;
         int result = 0;
         unsigned int cfgno, length;
-        unsigned char *buffer;
         unsigned char *bigbuffer;
         struct usb_config_descriptor *desc;
 
@@ -764,17 +763,16 @@ int usb_get_configuration(struct usb_device *dev)
         if (!dev->rawdescriptors)
                 goto err2;
 
-        buffer = kmalloc(USB_DT_CONFIG_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (!buffer)
+        desc = kmalloc(USB_DT_CONFIG_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+        if (!desc)
                 goto err2;
-        desc = (struct usb_config_descriptor *)buffer;
 
         result = 0;
         for (; cfgno < ncfg; cfgno++) {
                 /* We grab just the first descriptor so we know how long
                  * the whole configuration is */
                 result = usb_get_descriptor(dev, USB_DT_CONFIG, cfgno,
-                    buffer, USB_DT_CONFIG_SIZE);
+                    desc, USB_DT_CONFIG_SIZE);
                 if (result < 0) {
                         dev_err(ddev, "unable to read config index %d "
                             "descriptor/%s: %d\n", cfgno, "start", result);
@@ -823,7 +821,7 @@ int usb_get_configuration(struct usb_device *dev)
         result = 0;
 
 err:
-        kfree(buffer);
+        kfree(desc);
 out_not_authorized:
         dev->descriptor.bNumConfigurations = cfgno;
 err2: