diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 66a742cf28f0..7bc0e4cbd4d3 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 27aa069a8850a36b8aef0160e73cfd928c6bbcc4
+refs/heads/master: a09f48551273ee89d4e9ae37474807dc2da1d757
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/trunk/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index f52931e1c16e..8e8afb6141f9 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -2695,15 +2695,13 @@ static __devinit void default_find_bmc(void)
 	for (i = 0; ; i++) {
 		if (!ipmi_defaults[i].port)
 			break;
-
-		info = kzalloc(sizeof(*info), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!info)
-			return;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_MERGE
 		if (check_legacy_ioport(ipmi_defaults[i].port))
 			continue;
 #endif
+		info = kzalloc(sizeof(*info), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!info)
+			return;
 
 		info->addr_source = NULL;