diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 67df0371bdf3..357de97c8ece 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: bc1c116974a5c3f498112a6f175d3e4a8cd5bdbc
+refs/heads/master: 71601e2b33dad9acb8d7844f7321f90ed9d1bce8
diff --git a/trunk/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/trunk/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index 85d166cdcae4..b55b4ea9a676 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/trunk/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);