diff --git a/lib/kunit/debugfs.c b/lib/kunit/debugfs.c
index 1048ef1b8d6e..4c4b84db8f4a 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 || !suite->log)
 		return 0;
 
+	success = kunit_suite_has_succeeded(suite);
+
 	seq_printf(seq, "%s", suite->log);
 
 	kunit_suite_for_each_test_case(suite, test_case)