diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 48d5ccf671c4..a5d80dbd3217 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2da2c21d7508d34bc6d600df665d84871b65d2b9
+refs/heads/master: e4625eb826de4f6774ee602c442ba23b686bdcc7
diff --git a/trunk/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c b/trunk/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
index bb93946ace22..b79ec930d9f1 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
@@ -225,12 +225,12 @@ nfsd4_list_rec_dir(struct dentry *dir, recdir_func *f)
 		return 0;
 
 	nfs4_save_user(&uid, &gid);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(dentries);
 
 	filp = dentry_open(dget(dir), mntget(rec_dir.mnt), O_RDONLY);
 	status = PTR_ERR(filp);
 	if (IS_ERR(filp))
 		goto out;
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(dentries);
 	status = vfs_readdir(filp, nfsd4_build_dentrylist, &dla);
 	fput(filp);
 	while (!list_empty(dentries)) {