1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index b9f7f525834..a4157cfdd53 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4846,9 +4846,6 @@ static int btrfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
        if (inode->i_nlink == ~0U)
                return -EMLINK;
-        btrfs_inc_nlink(inode);
-        inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
        err = btrfs_set_inode_index(dir, &index);
        if (err)
                goto fail;
@@ -4864,6 +4861,9 @@ static int btrfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
                goto fail;
        }
+        btrfs_inc_nlink(inode);
+        inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
        btrfs_set_trans_block_group(trans, dir);
        ihold(inode);