diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_common.c
index 4db0c03261857b2fc81aa2431ad506d09b89076c..7953c13451b9732c18a0675b11ec69d56f558736 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_common.c
@@ -302,7 +302,6 @@ void i40evf_debug_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw, enum i40e_debug_mask mask, void *desc,
 		   void *buffer, u16 buf_len)
 {
 	struct i40e_aq_desc *aq_desc = (struct i40e_aq_desc *)desc;
-	u16 len = le16_to_cpu(aq_desc->datalen);
 	u8 *buf = (u8 *)buffer;
 	u16 i = 0;
 
@@ -326,6 +325,8 @@ void i40evf_debug_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw, enum i40e_debug_mask mask, void *desc,
 		   le32_to_cpu(aq_desc->params.external.addr_low));
 
 	if ((buffer != NULL) && (aq_desc->datalen != 0)) {
+		u16 len = le16_to_cpu(aq_desc->datalen);
+
 		i40e_debug(hw, mask, "AQ CMD Buffer:\n");
 		if (buf_len < len)
 			len = buf_len;