The kref_put() function will call nport->release if the refcount drops to zero. The nport->release release function is _efc_nport_free() which frees "nport". But then we dereference "nport" on the next line which is a use after free. Re-order these lines to avoid the use after free. Fixes: fcd427303eb9 ("scsi: elx: libefc: SLI and FC PORT state machine interfaces") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> ---