new_parent = shadow_current(s);
 
+       pn = dm_block_data(new_parent);
+       size = le32_to_cpu(pn->header.flags) & INTERNAL_NODE ?
+               sizeof(__le64) : s->info->value_type.size;
+
+       /* create & init the left block */
        r = new_block(s->info, &left);
        if (r < 0)
                return r;
 
+       ln = dm_block_data(left);
+       nr_left = le32_to_cpu(pn->header.nr_entries) / 2;
+
+       ln->header.flags = pn->header.flags;
+       ln->header.nr_entries = cpu_to_le32(nr_left);
+       ln->header.max_entries = pn->header.max_entries;
+       ln->header.value_size = pn->header.value_size;
+       memcpy(ln->keys, pn->keys, nr_left * sizeof(pn->keys[0]));
+       memcpy(value_ptr(ln, 0), value_ptr(pn, 0), nr_left * size);
+
+       /* create & init the right block */
        r = new_block(s->info, &right);
        if (r < 0) {
                unlock_block(s->info, left);
                return r;
        }
 
-       pn = dm_block_data(new_parent);
-       ln = dm_block_data(left);
        rn = dm_block_data(right);
-
-       nr_left = le32_to_cpu(pn->header.nr_entries) / 2;
        nr_right = le32_to_cpu(pn->header.nr_entries) - nr_left;
 
-       ln->header.flags = pn->header.flags;
-       ln->header.nr_entries = cpu_to_le32(nr_left);
-       ln->header.max_entries = pn->header.max_entries;
-       ln->header.value_size = pn->header.value_size;
-
        rn->header.flags = pn->header.flags;
        rn->header.nr_entries = cpu_to_le32(nr_right);
        rn->header.max_entries = pn->header.max_entries;
        rn->header.value_size = pn->header.value_size;
-
-       memcpy(ln->keys, pn->keys, nr_left * sizeof(pn->keys[0]));
        memcpy(rn->keys, pn->keys + nr_left, nr_right * sizeof(pn->keys[0]));
-
-       size = le32_to_cpu(pn->header.flags) & INTERNAL_NODE ?
-               sizeof(__le64) : s->info->value_type.size;
-       memcpy(value_ptr(ln, 0), value_ptr(pn, 0), nr_left * size);
        memcpy(value_ptr(rn, 0), value_ptr(pn, nr_left),
               nr_right * size);