1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/imalloc.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/imalloc.c
index f9587bcc6a48..8b0c132bc163 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/imalloc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/imalloc.c
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ static int im_region_status(unsigned long v_addr, unsigned long size,
                 if (v_addr < (unsigned long) tmp->addr + tmp->size)
                         break;
 
+        *vm = NULL;
         if (tmp) {
                 if (im_region_overlaps(v_addr, size, tmp))
                         return IM_REGION_OVERLAP;
@@ -127,7 +128,6 @@ static int im_region_status(unsigned long v_addr, unsigned long size,
                 }
         }
 
-        *vm = NULL;
         return IM_REGION_UNUSED;
 }