1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index 78923a9f5345..8fc04b4f311f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -810,11 +810,11 @@ static ssize_t kmsg_writev(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iv,
                            unsigned long count, loff_t pos)
 {
         char *line, *p;
-        int len, i;
+        int i;
         ssize_t ret = -EFAULT;
+        size_t len = iov_length(iv, count);
 
-        len = iov_length(iv, count);
-        line = p = kmalloc(len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+        line = kmalloc(len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (line == NULL)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -822,6 +822,7 @@ static ssize_t kmsg_writev(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iv,
          * copy all vectors into a single string, to ensure we do
          * not interleave our log line with other printk calls
          */
+        p = line;
         for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
                 if (copy_from_user(p, iv[i].iov_base, iv[i].iov_len))
                         goto out;