diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/secboot/gm20b.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/secboot/gm20b.c
index 30491d132d59..fbd10a67c6c6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/secboot/gm20b.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/secboot/gm20b.c
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ gm20b_secboot_new(struct nvkm_device *device, int index,
 	struct gm200_secboot *gsb;
 	struct nvkm_acr *acr;
 
+	*psb = NULL;
 	acr = acr_r352_new(BIT(NVKM_SECBOOT_FALCON_FECS) |
 			   BIT(NVKM_SECBOOT_FALCON_PMU));
 	if (IS_ERR(acr))
@@ -116,10 +117,8 @@ gm20b_secboot_new(struct nvkm_device *device, int index,
 	acr->optional_falcons = BIT(NVKM_SECBOOT_FALCON_PMU);
 
 	gsb = kzalloc(sizeof(*gsb), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!gsb) {
-		psb = NULL;
+	if (!gsb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 	*psb = &gsb->base;
 
 	ret = nvkm_secboot_ctor(&gm20b_secboot, acr, device, index, &gsb->base);