1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 82f9568d315d..907e24785576 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1849,13 +1849,7 @@ int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 static struct dentry *__lookup_hash(struct qstr *name,
                 struct dentry *base, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-        struct inode *inode = base->d_inode;
         struct dentry *dentry;
-        int err;
-
-        err = inode_permission(inode, MAY_EXEC);
-        if (err)
-                return ERR_PTR(err);
 
         /*
          * Don't bother with __d_lookup: callers are for creat as
@@ -1922,6 +1916,7 @@ struct dentry *lookup_one_len(const char *name, struct dentry *base, int len)
 {
         struct qstr this;
         unsigned int c;
+        int err;
 
         WARN_ON_ONCE(!mutex_is_locked(&base->d_inode->i_mutex));
 
@@ -1946,6 +1941,10 @@ struct dentry *lookup_one_len(const char *name, struct dentry *base, int len)
                         return ERR_PTR(err);
         }
 
+        err = inode_permission(base->d_inode, MAY_EXEC);
+        if (err)
+                return ERR_PTR(err);
+
         return __lookup_hash(&this, base, NULL);
 }