1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
index d92e83905f01..d6aa8f4c804b 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
@@ -258,7 +258,6 @@ static int nilfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
         inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &nilfs_aops;
 
         inc_nlink(inode);
-        mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 
         err = nilfs_make_empty(inode, dir);
         if (err)
@@ -268,6 +267,7 @@ static int nilfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
         if (err)
                 goto out_fail;
 
+        mark_inode_dirty(inode);
         d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 out:
         if (!err)