diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 01ff3149b052..a32ab4de0c1a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2a10387ec463c4fcd3ccc461291ce4d8505827e2
+refs/heads/master: 163da958ba5282cbf85e8b3dc08e4f51f8b01c5e
diff --git a/trunk/fs/read_write.c b/trunk/fs/read_write.c
index bcb0ef2aae3d..1f8dc373ede7 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/read_write.c
@@ -197,13 +197,13 @@ int rw_verify_area(int read_write, struct file *file, loff_t *ppos, size_t count
 	struct inode *inode;
 	loff_t pos;
 
+	inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 	if (unlikely((ssize_t) count < 0))
 		goto Einval;
 	pos = *ppos;
 	if (unlikely((pos < 0) || (loff_t) (pos + count) < 0))
 		goto Einval;
 
-	inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 	if (unlikely(inode->i_flock && MANDATORY_LOCK(inode))) {
 		int retval = locks_mandatory_area(
 			read_write == READ ? FLOCK_VERIFY_READ : FLOCK_VERIFY_WRITE,