diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index f52931e1c16eb08d0d353a92836a6fdfe0060268..8e8afb6141f99edc8f3a38bbcad1e1b9e802961f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/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;