diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 3822b4f49c84a..2be457a0c0c39 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -2126,7 +2126,7 @@ static int __devinit ipmi_pnp_probe(struct pnp_dev *dev,
 {
 	struct acpi_device *acpi_dev;
 	struct smi_info *info;
-	struct resource *res;
+	struct resource *res, *res_second;
 	acpi_handle handle;
 	acpi_status status;
 	unsigned long long tmp;
@@ -2182,13 +2182,13 @@ static int __devinit ipmi_pnp_probe(struct pnp_dev *dev,
 	info->io.addr_data = res->start;
 
 	info->io.regspacing = DEFAULT_REGSPACING;
-	res = pnp_get_resource(dev,
+	res_second = pnp_get_resource(dev,
 			       (info->io.addr_type == IPMI_IO_ADDR_SPACE) ?
 					IORESOURCE_IO : IORESOURCE_MEM,
 			       1);
-	if (res) {
-		if (res->start > info->io.addr_data)
-			info->io.regspacing = res->start - info->io.addr_data;
+	if (res_second) {
+		if (res_second->start > info->io.addr_data)
+			info->io.regspacing = res_second->start - info->io.addr_data;
 	}
 	info->io.regsize = DEFAULT_REGSPACING;
 	info->io.regshift = 0;