1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index bbb03e6f7255..06ed6b4e7df5 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -521,11 +521,6 @@ static int _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p,
         if (!firmware_p)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        if (WARN_ON(usermodehelper_is_disabled())) {
-                dev_err(device, "firmware: %s will not be loaded\n", name);
-                return -EBUSY;
-        }
-
         *firmware_p = firmware = kzalloc(sizeof(*firmware), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!firmware) {
                 dev_err(device, "%s: kmalloc(struct firmware) failed\n",
@@ -539,6 +534,12 @@ static int _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p,
                 return 0;
         }
 
+        if (WARN_ON(usermodehelper_is_disabled())) {
+                dev_err(device, "firmware: %s will not be loaded\n", name);
+                retval = -EBUSY;
+                goto out;
+        }
+
         if (uevent)
                 dev_dbg(device, "firmware: requesting %s\n", name);