static int nvme_alloc_host_mem(struct nvme_dev *dev, u64 min, u64 preferred)
 {
        struct nvme_host_mem_buf_desc *descs;
-       u32 chunk_size, max_entries;
+       u32 chunk_size, max_entries, len;
        int i = 0;
        void **bufs;
        u64 size = 0, tmp;
        if (!bufs)
                goto out_free_descs;
 
-       for (size = 0; size < preferred; size += chunk_size) {
-               u32 len = min_t(u64, chunk_size, preferred - size);
+       for (size = 0; size < preferred; size += len) {
                dma_addr_t dma_addr;
 
+               len = min_t(u64, chunk_size, preferred - size);
                bufs[i] = dma_alloc_attrs(dev->dev, len, &dma_addr, GFP_KERNEL,
                                DMA_ATTR_NO_KERNEL_MAPPING | DMA_ATTR_NO_WARN);
                if (!bufs[i])