diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
index 070e8effa175..5151a649c96b 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
@@ -85,12 +85,13 @@ static void ia64_machine_kexec(struct unw_frame_info *info, void *arg)
 	struct kimage *image = arg;
 	relocate_new_kernel_t rnk;
 	void *pal_addr = efi_get_pal_addr();
-	unsigned long code_addr = (unsigned long)page_address(image->control_code_page);
+	unsigned long code_addr;
 	int ii;
 	u64 fp, gp;
 	ia64_fptr_t *init_handler = (ia64_fptr_t *)ia64_os_init_on_kdump;
 
 	BUG_ON(!image);
+	code_addr = (unsigned long)page_address(image->control_code_page);
 	if (image->type == KEXEC_TYPE_CRASH) {
 		crash_save_this_cpu();
 		current->thread.ksp = (__u64)info->sw - 16;