diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c
index f90efa265ba276d8cdd47235822f3c55ee102705..c13e56320010cc641f09db992e9cbb5599967ca7 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c
@@ -659,8 +659,11 @@ ahc_linux_slave_alloc(struct scsi_device *device)
 	ahc_lock(ahc, &flags);
 	targ = ahc->platform_data->targets[target_offset];
 	if (targ == NULL) {
-		targ = ahc_linux_alloc_target(ahc, starget->channel, starget->id);
-		struct seeprom_config *sc = ahc->seep_config;
+		struct seeprom_config *sc;
+
+		targ = ahc_linux_alloc_target(ahc, starget->channel,
+						starget->id);
+		sc = ahc->seep_config;
 		if (targ == NULL)
 			goto out;