diff --git a/lib/kunit/debugfs.c b/lib/kunit/debugfs.c
index b08bb1fba106..de5e71458358 100644
--- a/lib/kunit/debugfs.c
+++ b/lib/kunit/debugfs.c
@@ -52,12 +52,14 @@ static void debugfs_print_result(struct seq_file *seq,
 static int debugfs_print_results(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 {
 	struct kunit_suite *suite = (struct kunit_suite *)seq->private;
-	enum kunit_status success = kunit_suite_has_succeeded(suite);
+	enum kunit_status success;
 	struct kunit_case *test_case;
 
 	if (!suite)
 		return 0;
 
+	success = kunit_suite_has_succeeded(suite);
+
 	/* Print KTAP header so the debugfs log can be parsed as valid KTAP. */
 	seq_puts(seq, "KTAP version 1\n");
 	seq_puts(seq, "1..1\n");