1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c
index 7707a2655994..6748a3fb9669 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c
@@ -310,18 +310,18 @@ static ssize_t iwl_dbgfs_nvm_read(struct file *file,
                 return -ENODATA;
         }
 
+        ptr = priv->eeprom;
+        if (!ptr) {
+                IWL_ERR(priv, "Invalid EEPROM/OTP memory\n");
+                return -ENOMEM;
+        }
+
         /* 4 characters for byte 0xYY */
         buf = kzalloc(buf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!buf) {
                 IWL_ERR(priv, "Can not allocate Buffer\n");
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }
-
-        ptr = priv->eeprom;
-        if (!ptr) {
-                IWL_ERR(priv, "Invalid EEPROM/OTP memory\n");
-                return -ENOMEM;
-        }
         pos += scnprintf(buf + pos, buf_size - pos, "NVM Type: %s\n",
                         (priv->nvm_device_type == NVM_DEVICE_TYPE_OTP)
                         ? "OTP" : "EEPROM");