diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
index a52cc7fe45ea12d4e3d7742615ed9904013e0f10..0589dfbbd7dbeb88806dbda2c1ebe6066ac9076e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
@@ -3889,7 +3889,7 @@ static int __devinit cciss_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	int j = 0;
 	int rc;
 	int dac, return_code;
-	InquiryData_struct *inq_buff = NULL;
+	InquiryData_struct *inq_buff;
 
 	if (reset_devices) {
 		/* Reset the controller with a PCI power-cycle */
@@ -4029,6 +4029,7 @@ static int __devinit cciss_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "cciss: unable to determine firmware"
 			" version of controller\n");
 	}
+	kfree(inq_buff);
 
 	cciss_procinit(i);
 
@@ -4045,7 +4046,6 @@ static int __devinit cciss_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	return 1;
 
 clean4:
-	kfree(inq_buff);
 	kfree(hba[i]->cmd_pool_bits);
 	if (hba[i]->cmd_pool)
 		pci_free_consistent(hba[i]->pdev,