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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
index 0c62e578749e..48aab77abebf 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
@@ -1659,6 +1659,9 @@ static int ssif_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 		}
 	}
 
+	ssif_info->client = client;
+	i2c_set_clientdata(client, ssif_info);
+
 	rv = ssif_check_and_remove(client, ssif_info);
 	/* If rv is 0 and addr source is not SI_ACPI, continue probing */
 	if (!rv && ssif_info->addr_source == SI_ACPI) {
@@ -1679,9 +1682,6 @@ static int ssif_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 		ipmi_addr_src_to_str(ssif_info->addr_source),
 		client->addr, client->adapter->name, slave_addr);
 
-	ssif_info->client = client;
-	i2c_set_clientdata(client, ssif_info);
-
 	/* Now check for system interface capabilities */
 	msg[0] = IPMI_NETFN_APP_REQUEST << 2;
 	msg[1] = IPMI_GET_SYSTEM_INTERFACE_CAPABILITIES_CMD;
@@ -1881,6 +1881,7 @@ static int ssif_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 
 		dev_err(&ssif_info->client->dev,
 			"Unable to start IPMI SSIF: %d\n", rv);
+		i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
 		kfree(ssif_info);
 	}
 	kfree(resp);