diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
index 3030a772d3aa..352e3c0f8a7d 100644
--- a/block/blk-lib.c
+++ b/block/blk-lib.c
@@ -202,13 +202,13 @@ static void __blkdev_issue_zero_pages(struct block_device *bdev,
 		unsigned int nr_vecs = __blkdev_sectors_to_bio_pages(nr_sects);
 		struct bio *bio;
 
-		bio = bio_alloc(bdev, nr_vecs, REQ_OP_WRITE, gfp_mask);
-		bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector;
-
 		if ((flags & BLKDEV_ZERO_KILLABLE) &&
 		    fatal_signal_pending(current))
 			break;
 
+		bio = bio_alloc(bdev, nr_vecs, REQ_OP_WRITE, gfp_mask);
+		bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector;
+
 		do {
 			unsigned int len;