1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c b/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
index 266414ca2814..ac66a658aa11 100644
--- a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
+++ b/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
@@ -5741,6 +5741,7 @@ static void
 EventDescriptionStr(u8 event, u32 evData0, char *evStr)
 {
         char *ds;
+        char buf[50];
 
         switch(event) {
         case MPI_EVENT_NONE:
@@ -5841,7 +5842,6 @@ EventDescriptionStr(u8 event, u32 evData0, char *evStr)
                 break;
         case MPI_EVENT_SAS_DEVICE_STATUS_CHANGE:
         {
-                char buf[50];
                 u8 id = (u8)(evData0);
                 u8 ReasonCode = (u8)(evData0 >> 16);
                 switch (ReasonCode) {
@@ -5878,7 +5878,6 @@ EventDescriptionStr(u8 event, u32 evData0, char *evStr)
                 break;
         case MPI_EVENT_SAS_PHY_LINK_STATUS:
         {
-                char buf[50];
                 u8 LinkRates = (u8)(evData0 >> 8);
                 u8 PhyNumber = (u8)(evData0);
                 LinkRates = (LinkRates & MPI_EVENT_SAS_PLS_LR_CURRENT_MASK) >>
@@ -5921,7 +5920,6 @@ EventDescriptionStr(u8 event, u32 evData0, char *evStr)
         case MPI_EVENT_IR_RESYNC_UPDATE:
         {
                 u8 resync_complete = (u8)(evData0 >> 16);
-                char buf[40];
                 sprintf(buf,"IR Resync Update: Complete = %d:",resync_complete);
                 ds = buf;
                 break;