1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index 0fcdba9d47c0..535b37399009 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -55,9 +55,10 @@ struct fuse_file *fuse_file_alloc(void)
                 if (!ff->reserved_req) {
                         kfree(ff);
                         ff = NULL;
+                } else {
+                        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ff->write_entry);
+                        atomic_set(&ff->count, 0);
                 }
-                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ff->write_entry);
-                atomic_set(&ff->count, 0);
         }
         return ff;
 }