1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 79783a0b2f4d..8130ce93a06a 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -622,11 +622,12 @@ int hostfs_unlink(struct inode *ino, struct dentry *dentry)
         char *file;
         int err;
 
-        if ((file = dentry_name(dentry)) == NULL)
-                return -ENOMEM;
         if (append)
                 return -EPERM;
 
+        if ((file = dentry_name(dentry)) == NULL)
+                return -ENOMEM;
+
         err = unlink_file(file);
         __putname(file);
         return err;