1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 85286dbe2753..8f4fddac01a6 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -1671,8 +1671,8 @@ static int ext3_add_nondir(handle_t *handle,
         int err = ext3_add_entry(handle, dentry, inode);
         if (!err) {
                 ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
-                d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
                 unlock_new_inode(inode);
+                d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
                 return 0;
         }
         drop_nlink(inode);
@@ -1836,8 +1836,8 @@ out_clear_inode:
         if (err)
                 goto out_clear_inode;
 
-        d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
         unlock_new_inode(inode);
+        d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 out_stop:
         brelse(dir_block);
         ext3_journal_stop(handle);