1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 3c7fb0459e58..be2501538011 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -2654,10 +2654,6 @@ static int nl80211_new_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
                         return err;
         }
 
-        msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (!msg)
-                return -ENOMEM;
-
         err = parse_monitor_flags(type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR ?
                                   info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MNTR_FLAGS] : NULL,
                                   &flags);
@@ -2666,6 +2662,10 @@ static int nl80211_new_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
             !(rdev->wiphy.features & NL80211_FEATURE_ACTIVE_MONITOR))
                 return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
+        msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+        if (!msg)
+                return -ENOMEM;
+
         wdev = rdev_add_virtual_intf(rdev,
                                 nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_IFNAME]),
                                 type, err ? NULL : &flags, &params);