Move status output message after check for NULL pointer

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/sample/ip_link.c b/sample/ip_link.c
index 786377c..7a9dcd6 100644
--- a/sample/ip_link.c
+++ b/sample/ip_link.c
@@ -110,14 +110,14 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	    device,                                 /* network interface */
             errbuf);                                /* error buffer */
 
-    printf("Using device %s\n", l->device);
-
     if (l == NULL)
     {
         fprintf(stderr, "libnet_init() failed: %s", errbuf);
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE); 
     }
 
+    printf("Using device %s\n", l->device);
+
     if ((dst_ip = libnet_name2addr4(l, dst, LIBNET_RESOLVE)) == -1)
     {
 	fprintf(stderr, "Bad destination IP address: %s\n", dst);