1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ceph/export.c b/fs/ceph/export.c
index 9349bb37a2fe..ca3ab3f9ca70 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/export.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/export.c
@@ -56,13 +56,15 @@ static int ceph_encode_fh(struct inode *inode, u32 *rawfh, int *max_len,
         struct ceph_nfs_confh *cfh = (void *)rawfh;
         int connected_handle_length = sizeof(*cfh)/4;
         int handle_length = sizeof(*fh)/4;
-        struct dentry *dentry = d_find_alias(inode);
+        struct dentry *dentry;
         struct dentry *parent;
 
         /* don't re-export snaps */
         if (ceph_snap(inode) != CEPH_NOSNAP)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
+        dentry = d_find_alias(inode);
+
         /* if we found an alias, generate a connectable fh */
         if (*max_len >= connected_handle_length && dentry) {
                 dout("encode_fh %p connectable\n", dentry);