static int get_irq_affinity(struct hfi1_devdata *dd,
                            struct hfi1_msix_entry *msix)
 {
-       int ret;
        cpumask_var_t diff;
        struct hfi1_affinity_node *entry;
        struct cpu_mask_set *set = NULL;
        extra[0] = '\0';
        cpumask_clear(&msix->mask);
 
-       ret = zalloc_cpumask_var(&diff, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!ret)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-
        entry = node_affinity_lookup(dd->node);
 
        switch (msix->type) {
         * finds its CPU here.
         */
        if (cpu == -1 && set) {
+               if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&diff, GFP_KERNEL))
+                       return -ENOMEM;
+
                if (cpumask_equal(&set->mask, &set->used)) {
                        /*
                         * We've used up all the CPUs, bump up the generation
                cpumask_andnot(diff, &set->mask, &set->used);
                cpu = cpumask_first(diff);
                cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, &set->used);
+
+               free_cpumask_var(diff);
        }
 
        cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, &msix->mask);
                hfi1_setup_sdma_notifier(msix);
        }
 
-       free_cpumask_var(diff);
        return 0;
 }