1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/cache.c b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
index 7026b0866b7b..00cb388ece03 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
@@ -71,7 +71,12 @@ struct cache_head *sunrpc_cache_lookup(struct cache_detail *detail,
         new = detail->alloc();
         if (!new)
                 return NULL;
+        /* must fully initialise 'new', else
+         * we might get lose if we need to
+         * cache_put it soon.
+         */
         cache_init(new);
+        detail->init(new, key);
 
         write_lock(&detail->hash_lock);
 
@@ -85,7 +90,6 @@ struct cache_head *sunrpc_cache_lookup(struct cache_detail *detail,
                         return tmp;
                 }
         }
-        detail->init(new, key);
         new->next = *head;
         *head = new;
         detail->entries++;