1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2x_link.c b/drivers/net/bnx2x_link.c
index a24bc51c9855..1f17334c8f02 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnx2x_link.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnx2x_link.c
@@ -4916,13 +4916,14 @@ static void bnx2x_turn_off_sf(struct bnx2x *bp, u8 port)
 u8 bnx2x_get_ext_phy_fw_version(struct link_params *params, u8 driver_loaded,
                               u8 *version, u16 len)
 {
-        struct bnx2x *bp = params->bp;
+        struct bnx2x *bp;
         u32 ext_phy_type = 0;
         u32 spirom_ver = 0;
         u8 status = 0 ;
 
         if (version == NULL || params == NULL)
                 return -EINVAL;
+        bp = params->bp;
 
         spirom_ver = REG_RD(bp, params->shmem_base +
                    offsetof(struct shmem_region,