1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/network.c b/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/network.c
index 56f88b7afe2f..e9e1aad8c271 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/network.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/network.c
@@ -737,7 +737,8 @@ static int __init iss_net_setup(char *str)
                 return 1;
         }
 
-        if ((new = alloc_bootmem(sizeof new)) == NULL) {
+        new = alloc_bootmem(sizeof(*new));
+        if (new == NULL) {
                 printk("Alloc_bootmem failed\n");
                 return 1;
         }