diff --git a/grub-core/net/drivers/ieee1275/ofnet.c b/grub-core/net/drivers/ieee1275/ofnet.c
index 3e1b9094e..e5be362a9 100644
--- a/grub-core/net/drivers/ieee1275/ofnet.c
+++ b/grub-core/net/drivers/ieee1275/ofnet.c
@@ -463,6 +463,9 @@ search_net_devices (struct grub_ieee1275_devalias *alias)
 	  return 0;
 	}
     }
+
+  ofdata->path = grub_malloc (sz);
+
   if (!ofdata->path)
     {
       grub_print_error ();