dmsetup: do not start dmfilemapd if region creation fails (coverity)

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tools/dmsetup.c b/tools/dmsetup.c
index 94787dc7f..a6ed172fc 100644
--- a/tools/dmsetup.c
+++ b/tools/dmsetup.c
@@ -5110,6 +5110,11 @@ static int _stats_create_file(CMD_ARGS)
 	regions = dm_stats_create_regions_from_fd(dms, fd, group, precise,
 						  bounds, alias);
 
+	if (!regions) {
+		log_error("Could not create regions from file %s", abspath);
+		goto bad;
+	}
+
 	if (!_switches[NOMONITOR_ARG] && group) {
 		if (!dm_stats_start_filemapd(fd, regions[0], abspath, mode,
 					     foreground, verbose))
@@ -5121,11 +5126,6 @@ static int _stats_create_file(CMD_ARGS)
 
 	fd = -1;
 
-	if (!regions) {
-		log_error("Could not create regions from file %s", abspath);
-		goto bad;
-	}
-
 	for (region = regions; *region != DM_STATS_REGIONS_ALL; region++)
 		count++;