diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/fault_32.c b/arch/sparc/mm/fault_32.c
index 5b836f5aea90..b10ac4d62378 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/fault_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/fault_32.c
@@ -240,11 +240,10 @@ asmlinkage void do_sparc_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, int text_fault, int write,
 	 * only copy the information from the master page table,
 	 * nothing more.
 	 */
+	code = SEGV_MAPERR;
 	if (!ARCH_SUN4C && address >= TASK_SIZE)
 		goto vmalloc_fault;
 
-	code = SEGV_MAPERR;
-
 	/*
 	 * If we're in an interrupt or have no user
 	 * context, we must not take the fault..