1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/sched/ematch.c b/net/sched/ematch.c
index 74ff918455a2..d421ec728ee7 100644
--- a/net/sched/ematch.c
+++ b/net/sched/ematch.c
@@ -312,10 +312,9 @@ int tcf_em_tree_validate(struct tcf_proto *tp, struct nlattr *nla,
         struct tcf_ematch_tree_hdr *tree_hdr;
         struct tcf_ematch *em;
 
-        if (!nla) {
-                memset(tree, 0, sizeof(*tree));
+        memset(tree, 0, sizeof(*tree));
+        if (!nla)
                 return 0;
-        }
 
         err = nla_parse_nested(tb, TCA_EMATCH_TREE_MAX, nla, em_policy);
         if (err < 0)