diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cudbg_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cudbg_lib.c
index a76529a7662d..c2e92786608b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cudbg_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cudbg_lib.c
@@ -1054,14 +1054,12 @@ static void cudbg_t4_fwcache(struct cudbg_init *pdbg_init,
 	}
 }
 
-static int cudbg_collect_mem_region(struct cudbg_init *pdbg_init,
-				    struct cudbg_buffer *dbg_buff,
-				    struct cudbg_error *cudbg_err,
-				    u8 mem_type)
+static unsigned long cudbg_mem_region_size(struct cudbg_init *pdbg_init,
+					   struct cudbg_error *cudbg_err,
+					   u8 mem_type)
 {
 	struct adapter *padap = pdbg_init->adap;
 	struct cudbg_meminfo mem_info;
-	unsigned long size;
 	u8 mc_idx;
 	int rc;
 
@@ -1075,7 +1073,16 @@ static int cudbg_collect_mem_region(struct cudbg_init *pdbg_init,
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
-	size = mem_info.avail[mc_idx].limit - mem_info.avail[mc_idx].base;
+	return mem_info.avail[mc_idx].limit - mem_info.avail[mc_idx].base;
+}
+
+static int cudbg_collect_mem_region(struct cudbg_init *pdbg_init,
+				    struct cudbg_buffer *dbg_buff,
+				    struct cudbg_error *cudbg_err,
+				    u8 mem_type)
+{
+	unsigned long size = cudbg_mem_region_size(pdbg_init, cudbg_err, mem_type);
+
 	return cudbg_read_fw_mem(pdbg_init, dbg_buff, mem_type, size,
 				 cudbg_err);
 }