diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-sessions.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-sessions.c
index 2281d55df545..d3521aadd43e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-sessions.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-sessions.c
@@ -746,15 +746,16 @@ int tpm_buf_check_hmac_response(struct tpm_chip *chip, struct tpm_buf *buf,
 	struct tpm2_auth *auth = chip->auth;
 	off_t offset_s, offset_p;
 	u8 rphash[SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE];
-	u32 attrs;
+	u32 attrs, cc;
 	struct sha256_state sctx;
 	u16 tag = be16_to_cpu(head->tag);
-	u32 cc = be32_to_cpu(auth->ordinal);
 	int parm_len, len, i, handles;
 
 	if (!auth)
 		return rc;
 
+	cc = be32_to_cpu(auth->ordinal);
+
 	if (auth->session >= TPM_HEADER_SIZE) {
 		WARN(1, "tpm session not filled correctly\n");
 		goto out;