diff --git a/sound/soc/txx9/txx9aclc-ac97.c b/sound/soc/txx9/txx9aclc-ac97.c
index e0305a148568..9edd68db9f48 100644
--- a/sound/soc/txx9/txx9aclc-ac97.c
+++ b/sound/soc/txx9/txx9aclc-ac97.c
@@ -183,14 +183,16 @@ static int txx9aclc_ac97_dev_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 	if (irq < 0)
 		return irq;
+
+	drvdata = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*drvdata), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!drvdata)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	r = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	drvdata->base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, r);
 	if (IS_ERR(drvdata->base))
 		return PTR_ERR(drvdata->base);
 
-	drvdata = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*drvdata), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!drvdata)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, drvdata);
 	drvdata->physbase = r->start;
 	if (sizeof(drvdata->physbase) > sizeof(r->start) &&