diff --git a/fs/attr.c b/fs/attr.c
index 26c71ba1eed4..7a83819f6ba2 100644
--- a/fs/attr.c
+++ b/fs/attr.c
@@ -159,17 +159,17 @@ int notify_change(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * attr)
 	if (!(attr->ia_valid & ~(ATTR_KILL_SUID | ATTR_KILL_SGID)))
 		return 0;
 
+	error = security_inode_setattr(dentry, attr);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE)
 		down_write(&dentry->d_inode->i_alloc_sem);
 
 	if (inode->i_op && inode->i_op->setattr) {
-		error = security_inode_setattr(dentry, attr);
-		if (!error)
-			error = inode->i_op->setattr(dentry, attr);
+		error = inode->i_op->setattr(dentry, attr);
 	} else {
 		error = inode_change_ok(inode, attr);
-		if (!error)
-			error = security_inode_setattr(dentry, attr);
 		if (!error) {
 			if ((ia_valid & ATTR_UID && attr->ia_uid != inode->i_uid) ||
 			    (ia_valid & ATTR_GID && attr->ia_gid != inode->i_gid))