1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 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)