io_node is used before verify whether it's null pointer, so move the check of null pointer immediately after. Signed-off-by: Shawn Lin <shawn.lin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/pci/hotplug/cpqphp_ctrl.c | 12 +++++------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpqphp_ctrl.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpqphp_ctrl.c index b1b6e45..616df44 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpqphp_ctrl.c +++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpqphp_ctrl.c @@ -2812,18 +2812,16 @@ static int configure_new_function(struct controller *ctrl, struct pci_func *func dbg("CND: length = 0x%x\n", base); io_node = get_io_resource(&(resources->io_head), base); + if (!io_node) + return -ENOMEM; dbg("Got io_node start = %8.8x, length = %8.8x next (%p)\n", io_node->base, io_node->length, io_node->next); dbg("func (%p) io_head (%p)\n", func, func->io_head); /* allocate the resource to the board */ - if (io_node) { - base = io_node->base; - - io_node->next = func->io_head; - func->io_head = io_node; - } else - return -ENOMEM; + base = io_node->base; + io_node->next = func->io_head; + func->io_head = io_node; } else if ((temp_register & 0x0BL) == 0x08) { /* Map prefetchable memory */ base = temp_register & 0xFFFFFFF0; -- 1.9.1