1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/ipic.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/ipic.c
index 0f2dfb0aaa6a..f95d10ba3b9c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/ipic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/ipic.c
@@ -725,6 +725,10 @@ struct ipic * __init ipic_init(struct device_node *node, unsigned int flags)
         struct resource res;
         u32 temp = 0, ret;
 
+        ret = of_address_to_resource(node, 0, &res);
+        if (ret)
+                return NULL;
+
         ipic = alloc_bootmem(sizeof(struct ipic));
         if (ipic == NULL)
                 return NULL;
@@ -739,12 +743,6 @@ struct ipic * __init ipic_init(struct device_node *node, unsigned int flags)
                 return NULL;
         }
 
-        ret = of_address_to_resource(node, 0, &res);
-        if (ret) {
-                of_node_put(node);
-                return NULL;
-        }
-
         ipic->regs = ioremap(res.start, res.end - res.start + 1);
 
         ipic->irqhost->host_data = ipic;