1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c
index fb164efada3b..6f3c19522377 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c
@@ -160,11 +160,11 @@ nouveau_bo_new(struct drm_device *dev, struct nouveau_channel *chan,
         ret = ttm_bo_init(&dev_priv->ttm.bdev, &nvbo->bo, size,
                           ttm_bo_type_device, &nvbo->placement, align, 0,
                           false, NULL, size, nouveau_bo_del_ttm);
-        nvbo->channel = NULL;
         if (ret) {
                 /* ttm will call nouveau_bo_del_ttm if it fails.. */
                 return ret;
         }
+        nvbo->channel = NULL;
 
         spin_lock(&dev_priv->ttm.bo_list_lock);
         list_add_tail(&nvbo->head, &dev_priv->ttm.bo_list);