diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
index a6ab989..a1f2ab5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@
 #define RUNNING_MERGE          0
 #define SHUTDOWN_MERGE         1
 
+struct dm_dev *dm_snap_origin(struct dm_snapshot *s)
+{
+	return s->origin;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dm_snap_origin);
+
 struct dm_dev *dm_snap_cow(struct dm_snapshot *s)
 {
 	return s->cow;
@@ -1065,10 +1071,6 @@
 		origin_mode = FMODE_WRITE;
 	}
 
-	origin_path = argv[0];
-	argv++;
-	argc--;
-
 	s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!s) {
 		ti->error = "Cannot allocate snapshot context private "
@@ -1077,6 +1079,16 @@
 		goto bad;
 	}
 
+	origin_path = argv[0];
+	argv++;
+	argc--;
+
+	r = dm_get_device(ti, origin_path, origin_mode, &s->origin);
+	if (r) {
+		ti->error = "Cannot get origin device";
+		goto bad_origin;
+	}
+
 	cow_path = argv[0];
 	argv++;
 	argc--;
@@ -1097,12 +1109,6 @@
 	argv += args_used;
 	argc -= args_used;
 
-	r = dm_get_device(ti, origin_path, origin_mode, &s->origin);
-	if (r) {
-		ti->error = "Cannot get origin device";
-		goto bad_origin;
-	}
-
 	s->ti = ti;
 	s->valid = 1;
 	s->active = 0;
@@ -1212,15 +1218,15 @@
 	dm_exception_table_exit(&s->complete, exception_cache);
 
 bad_hash_tables:
-	dm_put_device(ti, s->origin);
-
-bad_origin:
 	dm_exception_store_destroy(s->store);
 
 bad_store:
 	dm_put_device(ti, s->cow);
 
 bad_cow:
+	dm_put_device(ti, s->origin);
+
+bad_origin:
 	kfree(s);
 
 bad:
@@ -1314,12 +1320,12 @@
 
 	mempool_destroy(s->pending_pool);
 
-	dm_put_device(ti, s->origin);
-
 	dm_exception_store_destroy(s->store);
 
 	dm_put_device(ti, s->cow);
 
+	dm_put_device(ti, s->origin);
+
 	kfree(s);
 }