diff --git a/drivers/mmi_info/mmi_info_main.c b/drivers/mmi_info/mmi_info_main.c
index 3890cab26100..24f8a9d5c407 100644
--- a/drivers/mmi_info/mmi_info_main.c
+++ b/drivers/mmi_info/mmi_info_main.c
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ int mmi_get_bootarg(char *key, char **value)
 	if (of_property_read_string(n, "bootargs", &bootargs_tmp) != 0)
 		goto putnode;
 
-	if (!bootargs_str)
+	if (!bootargs_str) {
 		/* The following operations need a non-const
 		 * version of bootargs
 		 */
 		bootargs_str = kzalloc(strlen(bootargs_tmp) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!bootargs_str)
 			goto putnode;
-
+	}
 	strlcpy(bootargs_str, bootargs_tmp, strlen(bootargs_tmp) + 1);
 
 	idx = strnstr(bootargs_str, key, strlen(bootargs_str));