We were dereferencing cmd first and checking for NULL later. Lets first check for NULL. Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c index 8317afd..e38ad1d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c @@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ static int lbs_associate(struct lbs_private *priv, size_t len, resp_ie_len; int status; int ret; - u8 *pos = &(cmd->iebuf[0]); + u8 *pos; u8 *tmp; lbs_deb_enter(LBS_DEB_CFG80211); @@ -1117,6 +1117,7 @@ static int lbs_associate(struct lbs_private *priv, ret = -ENOMEM; goto done; } + pos = &cmd->iebuf[0]; /* * cmd 50 00 -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html