diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 687eb33263c4..406960e41aa4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ae62ca7b03217be5e74759dc6d7698c95df498b3
+refs/heads/master: c7e2e1d72ed7707239d20525e0ebcad7e3303659
diff --git a/trunk/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/trunk/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index cc06a47f1216..a8e4f2665d5e 100644
--- a/trunk/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/trunk/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -823,9 +823,9 @@ int devinet_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd, void __user *arg)
 		if (!ifa) {
 			ret = -ENOBUFS;
 			ifa = inet_alloc_ifa();
-			INIT_HLIST_NODE(&ifa->hash);
 			if (!ifa)
 				break;
+			INIT_HLIST_NODE(&ifa->hash);
 			if (colon)
 				memcpy(ifa->ifa_label, ifr.ifr_name, IFNAMSIZ);
 			else