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-rw-r--r--net/wireless/nl80211.c8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 3c7fb0459e58..be2501538011 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -2654,10 +2654,6 @@ static int nl80211_new_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
return err;
}
- msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!msg)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
err = parse_monitor_flags(type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR ?
info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MNTR_FLAGS] : NULL,
&flags);
@@ -2666,6 +2662,10 @@ static int nl80211_new_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
!(rdev->wiphy.features & NL80211_FEATURE_ACTIVE_MONITOR))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!msg)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
wdev = rdev_add_virtual_intf(rdev,
nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_IFNAME]),
type, err ? NULL : &flags, &params);