diff --git a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c
index 7012e09a1599..fa82d4f3523e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c
@@ -1153,6 +1153,7 @@ static int ft1000_proc_drvmsg(struct ft1000_usb *dev, u16 size)
 	} convert;
 
 	char *cmdbuffer = kmalloc(1600, GFP_KERNEL);
+
 	if (!cmdbuffer)
 		return -ENOMEM;