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-rw-r--r--drivers/misc/lkdtm.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c
index 5f1a36b8fbb0..2f0b02248761 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c
@@ -498,12 +498,13 @@ static void lkdtm_do_action(enum ctype which)
 	}
 	case CT_READ_BUDDY_AFTER_FREE: {
 		unsigned long p = __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
-		int saw, *val = kmalloc(1024, GFP_KERNEL);
+		int saw, *val;
 		int *base;
 
 		if (!p)
 			break;
 
+		val = kmalloc(1024, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!val)
 			break;