2 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fs/configfs/inode.c b/fs/configfs/inode.c
index 41645142b88b..cf78d44a8d6a 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/inode.c
@@ -72,10 +72,6 @@ int configfs_setattr(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * iattr)
         if (!sd)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        error = simple_setattr(dentry, iattr);
-        if (error)
-                return error;
-
         sd_iattr = sd->s_iattr;
         if (!sd_iattr) {
                 /* setting attributes for the first time, allocate now */
@@ -89,9 +85,12 @@ int configfs_setattr(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * iattr)
                 sd_iattr->ia_atime = sd_iattr->ia_mtime = sd_iattr->ia_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
                 sd->s_iattr = sd_iattr;
         }
-
         /* attributes were changed atleast once in past */
 
+        error = simple_setattr(dentry, iattr);
+        if (error)
+                return error;
+
         if (ia_valid & ATTR_UID)
                 sd_iattr->ia_uid = iattr->ia_uid;
         if (ia_valid & ATTR_GID)
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index bde1a4c3679a..0835a3b70e03 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -117,11 +117,13 @@ int sysfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
         if (error)
                 goto out;
 
+        error = sysfs_sd_setattr(sd, iattr);
+        if (error)
+                goto out;
+
         /* this ignores size changes */
         generic_setattr(inode, iattr);
 
-        error = sysfs_sd_setattr(sd, iattr);
-
 out:
         mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
         return error;