1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 2edfb5cef4f2..53b81d59059b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -90,10 +90,12 @@ static inline struct virtblk_req *virtblk_alloc_req(struct virtio_blk *vblk,
         struct virtblk_req *vbr;
 
         vbr = mempool_alloc(vblk->pool, gfp_mask);
-        if (vbr && use_bio)
-                sg_init_table(vbr->sg, vblk->sg_elems);
+        if (!vbr)
+                return NULL;
 
         vbr->vblk = vblk;
+        if (use_bio)
+                sg_init_table(vbr->sg, vblk->sg_elems);
 
         return vbr;
 }