diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c
index 11e08c0..ca00cc8a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c
@@ -308,18 +308,18 @@
 		return -ENODATA;
 	}
 
+	ptr = priv->eeprom;
+	if (!ptr) {
+		IWL_ERR(priv, "Invalid EEPROM/OTP memory\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	/* 4 characters for byte 0xYY */
 	buf = kzalloc(buf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf) {
 		IWL_ERR(priv, "Can not allocate Buffer\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-
-	ptr = priv->eeprom;
-	if (!ptr) {
-		IWL_ERR(priv, "Invalid EEPROM/OTP memory\n");
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 	pos += scnprintf(buf + pos, buf_size - pos, "NVM Type: %s\n",
 			(priv->nvm_device_type == NVM_DEVICE_TYPE_OTP)
 			? "OTP" : "EEPROM");