1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
index bb93946ace22..b79ec930d9f1 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
@@ -225,12 +225,12 @@ nfsd4_list_rec_dir(struct dentry *dir, recdir_func *f)
                 return 0;
 
         nfs4_save_user(&uid, &gid);
+        INIT_LIST_HEAD(dentries);
 
         filp = dentry_open(dget(dir), mntget(rec_dir.mnt), O_RDONLY);
         status = PTR_ERR(filp);
         if (IS_ERR(filp))
                 goto out;
-        INIT_LIST_HEAD(dentries);
         status = vfs_readdir(filp, nfsd4_build_dentrylist, &dla);
         fput(filp);
         while (!list_empty(dentries)) {