1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/block/scsi_ioctl.c b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
index 1e053d911240..b0c2a616c8f9 100644
--- a/block/scsi_ioctl.c
+++ b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ int sg_scsi_ioctl(struct request_queue *q, struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode,
         rq = blk_get_request(q, in_len ? WRITE : READ, __GFP_WAIT);
         if (IS_ERR(rq)) {
                 err = PTR_ERR(rq);
-                goto error;
+                goto error_free_buffer;
         }
         blk_rq_set_block_pc(rq);
 
@@ -531,9 +531,11 @@ int sg_scsi_ioctl(struct request_queue *q, struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode,
         }
         
 error:
+        blk_put_request(rq);
+
+error_free_buffer:
         kfree(buffer);
-        if (rq)
-                blk_put_request(rq);
+
         return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sg_scsi_ioctl);