diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2df181e62e9a..80681ecb0906 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2edeaa34a6e3f2c43b667f6c4f7b27944b811695
+refs/heads/master: fb2b2a1d37f80cc818fd4487b510f4e11816e5e1
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/cred.c b/trunk/kernel/cred.c
index fcf104bb5aa9..3a9d6dd53a6c 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/cred.c
@@ -657,6 +657,8 @@ struct cred *prepare_kernel_cred(struct task_struct *daemon)
 	validate_creds(old);
 
 	*new = *old;
+	atomic_set(&new->usage, 1);
+	set_cred_subscribers(new, 0);
 	get_uid(new->user);
 	get_group_info(new->group_info);
 
@@ -674,8 +676,6 @@ struct cred *prepare_kernel_cred(struct task_struct *daemon)
 	if (security_prepare_creds(new, old, GFP_KERNEL) < 0)
 		goto error;
 
-	atomic_set(&new->usage, 1);
-	set_cred_subscribers(new, 0);
 	put_cred(old);
 	validate_creds(new);
 	return new;