powerpc/nvram: Fix a memory leak in err path

[cascardo/linux.git] / arch / powerpc / kernel / nvram_64.c

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
index 46c3c76..6cd3a45 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
@@ -542,9 +542,9 @@ static ssize_t nvram_pstore_read(u64 *id, enum pstore_type_id *type,
                        time->tv_nsec = 0;
                }
                *buf = kmemdup(buff + hdr_size, length, GFP_KERNEL);
+               kfree(buff);
                if (*buf == NULL)
                        return -ENOMEM;
-               kfree(buff);
 
                *ecc_notice_size = 0;
                if (err_type == ERR_TYPE_KERNEL_PANIC_GZ)