1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
index fbb6e5eed697..7cb0a59f4b9d 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
@@ -1748,7 +1748,7 @@ ecryptfs_process_key_cipher(struct crypto_blkcipher **key_tfm,
                             char *cipher_name, size_t *key_size)
 {
         char dummy_key[ECRYPTFS_MAX_KEY_BYTES];
-        char *full_alg_name;
+        char *full_alg_name = NULL;
         int rc;
 
         *key_tfm = NULL;
@@ -1763,7 +1763,6 @@ ecryptfs_process_key_cipher(struct crypto_blkcipher **key_tfm,
         if (rc)
                 goto out;
         *key_tfm = crypto_alloc_blkcipher(full_alg_name, 0, CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
-        kfree(full_alg_name);
         if (IS_ERR(*key_tfm)) {
                 rc = PTR_ERR(*key_tfm);
                 printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to allocate crypto cipher with name "
@@ -1786,6 +1785,7 @@ ecryptfs_process_key_cipher(struct crypto_blkcipher **key_tfm,
                 goto out;
         }
 out:
+        kfree(full_alg_name);
         return rc;
 }