1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index 85d166cdcae4..b55b4ea9a676 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -67,12 +67,13 @@ static struct inode *debugfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, int mode, dev_t d
 static int debugfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
                          int mode, dev_t dev)
 {
-        struct inode *inode = debugfs_get_inode(dir->i_sb, mode, dev);
+        struct inode *inode;
         int error = -EPERM;
 
         if (dentry->d_inode)
                 return -EEXIST;
 
+        inode = debugfs_get_inode(dir->i_sb, mode, dev);
         if (inode) {
                 d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
                 dget(dentry);