1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c
index 756923203860..85a821aaceb4 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ srmcons_get_private_struct(struct srmcons_private **ps)
         int retval = 0;
 
         if (srmconsp == NULL) {
+                srmconsp = kmalloc(sizeof(*srmconsp), GFP_KERNEL);
                 spin_lock_irqsave(&srmconsp_lock, flags);
 
-                srmconsp = kmalloc(sizeof(*srmconsp), GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (srmconsp == NULL)
                         retval = -ENOMEM;
                 else {