1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index a06d98374705..15986f32009e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -175,9 +175,10 @@ static void start_transaction(struct acpi_ec *ec)
 static void advance_transaction(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 status)
 {
         unsigned long flags;
-        struct transaction *t = ec->curr;
+        struct transaction *t;
 
         spin_lock_irqsave(&ec->lock, flags);
+        t = ec->curr;
         if (!t)
                 goto unlock;
         if (t->wlen > t->wi) {