Index: cyrus-sasl-2.1.25/plugins/gssapi.c
===================================================================
--- cyrus-sasl-2.1.25.orig/plugins/gssapi.c
+++ cyrus-sasl-2.1.25/plugins/gssapi.c
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ sasl_gss_encode(void *context, const str
     }
     
     if (output_token->value && output) {
-	unsigned char * p = (unsigned char *) text->encode_buf;
+	unsigned char * p;
 	
 	ret = _plug_buf_alloc(text->utils,
 			      &(text->encode_buf),
@@ -384,6 +384,8 @@ sasl_gss_encode(void *context, const str
 	    return ret;
 	}
 	
+        p = (unsigned char *) text->encode_buf;
+
 	p[0] = (output_token->length>>24) & 0xFF;
 	p[1] = (output_token->length>>16) & 0xFF;
 	p[2] = (output_token->length>>8) & 0xFF;