1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index dbb70d5a4882..324290c68275 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -775,6 +775,7 @@ static int autofs4_dir_symlink(struct inode *dir,
                 list_del_init(&ino->active);
         spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
 
+        ino->size = strlen(symname);
         cp = kmalloc(ino->size + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!cp) {
                 if (!dentry->d_fsdata)
@@ -806,7 +807,6 @@ static int autofs4_dir_symlink(struct inode *dir,
                 atomic_inc(&p_ino->count);
         ino->inode = inode;
 
-        ino->size = strlen(symname);
         ino->u.symlink = cp;
         dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;