diff --git a/kernel/power/swsusp.c b/kernel/power/swsusp.c
index d967e87..353f37f 100644
--- a/kernel/power/swsusp.c
+++ b/kernel/power/swsusp.c
@@ -918,6 +918,7 @@
 
 	pagedir_nosave = NULL;
 	nr_copy_pages = calc_nr(nr_copy_pages);
+	nr_copy_pages_check = nr_copy_pages;
 
 	pr_debug("suspend: (pages needed: %d + %d free: %d)\n",
 		 nr_copy_pages, PAGES_FOR_IO, nr_free_pages());
@@ -940,7 +941,6 @@
 		return error;
 	}
 
-	nr_copy_pages_check = nr_copy_pages;
 	return 0;
 }