diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index bed0659046779868211fd28575cdd61c54a8f65f..066b66430523d64f9eee7888e24c1f65084b0497 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -363,13 +363,15 @@ static unsigned int __blk_recalc_rq_segments(struct request_queue *q,
 	struct bio_vec bv, bvprv = { NULL };
 	int prev = 0;
 	unsigned int seg_size, nr_phys_segs;
-	unsigned front_seg_size = bio->bi_seg_front_size;
+	unsigned front_seg_size;
 	struct bio *fbio, *bbio;
 	struct bvec_iter iter;
 
 	if (!bio)
 		return 0;
 
+	front_seg_size = bio->bi_seg_front_size;
+
 	switch (bio_op(bio)) {
 	case REQ_OP_DISCARD:
 	case REQ_OP_SECURE_ERASE: