diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index cb2789c86801..38b0a147ffd2 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8a2cda007068e838ac6494cde74c37534f04f8dc
+refs/heads/master: 5e7a99ac452d7a4ce43b8bacb3495475e1f9fd71
diff --git a/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index 3ad8455f8577..651a9e14d9a9 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -614,6 +614,7 @@ static struct dentry *v9fs_vfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	sb = dir->i_sb;
 	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
+	dentry->d_op = &v9fs_dentry_operations;
 	dirfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry->d_parent);
 
 	if (!dirfid) {
@@ -681,8 +682,6 @@ static struct dentry *v9fs_vfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		goto FreeFcall;
 
 	fid->qid = fcall->params.rstat.stat.qid;
-
-	dentry->d_op = &v9fs_dentry_operations;
 	v9fs_stat2inode(&fcall->params.rstat.stat, inode, inode->i_sb);
 
 	d_add(dentry, inode);