1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
index c05c8776e836..d236d85ec9d7 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
@@ -418,6 +418,9 @@ static int hfsplus_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
         if (!inode)
                 goto out;
 
+        if (S_ISBLK(mode) || S_ISCHR(mode) || S_ISFIFO(mode) || S_ISSOCK(mode))
+                init_special_inode(inode, mode, rdev);
+
         res = hfsplus_create_cat(inode->i_ino, dir, &dentry->d_name, inode);
         if (res) {
                 inode->i_nlink = 0;
@@ -426,9 +429,6 @@ static int hfsplus_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
                 goto out;
         }
 
-        if (S_ISBLK(mode) || S_ISCHR(mode) || S_ISFIFO(mode) || S_ISSOCK(mode))
-                init_special_inode(inode, mode, rdev);
-
         hfsplus_instantiate(dentry, inode, inode->i_ino);
         mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 out: