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-rw-r--r--drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c
index 6dd5b9614452..abcee58e851c 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ static ssize_t mbox_test_message_write(struct file *filp,
size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
{
struct mbox_test_device *tdev = filp->private_data;
+ char *message;
void *data;
int ret;
@@ -112,12 +113,13 @@ static ssize_t mbox_test_message_write(struct file *filp,
return -EINVAL;
}
- mutex_lock(&tdev->mutex);
-
- tdev->message = kzalloc(MBOX_MAX_MSG_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!tdev->message)
+ message = kzalloc(MBOX_MAX_MSG_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!message)
return -ENOMEM;
+ mutex_lock(&tdev->mutex);
+
+ tdev->message = message;
ret = copy_from_user(tdev->message, userbuf, count);
if (ret) {
ret = -EFAULT;