The result of kmalloc should have been checked ahead of below statement: pqp = (struct bau_pq_entry *)vp; Move BUG_ON(!vp) before above statement. Signed-off-by: Austin Kim <austindh.kim@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c b/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c index 20c389a..5f0a96bf 100644 --- a/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c +++ b/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c @@ -1804,9 +1804,9 @@ static void pq_init(int node, int pnode) plsize = (DEST_Q_SIZE + 1) * sizeof(struct bau_pq_entry); vp = kmalloc_node(plsize, GFP_KERNEL, node); - pqp = (struct bau_pq_entry *)vp; - BUG_ON(!pqp); + BUG_ON(!vp); + pqp = (struct bau_pq_entry *)vp; cp = (char *)pqp + 31; pqp = (struct bau_pq_entry *)(((unsigned long)cp >> 5) << 5); -- 2.6.2