diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
index eb74ecd12310..7fced0e2abeb 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
@@ -491,11 +491,12 @@ init_temp_data(struct platform_data *pdata, unsigned int cpu, int pkg_flag)
 	struct temp_data *tdata;
 
 	if (!pdata->core_data) {
-		pdata->nr_cores = topology_num_cores_per_package();
-		pdata->core_data = kzalloc_objs(struct temp_data *,
-						pdata->nr_cores);
+		int nr_cores = topology_num_cores_per_package();
+
+		pdata->core_data = kzalloc_objs(struct temp_data *, nr_cores);
 		if (!pdata->core_data)
 			return NULL;
+		pdata->nr_cores = nr_cores;
 	}
 
 	tdata = kzalloc_obj(struct temp_data);