diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 72d461656f606647292657f2367ee438a50d2a40..40eaa9fdf07c4795fb78f9dcd7f274dd31aa762a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -252,11 +252,11 @@ static int btrfs_ioctl_setflags(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 	trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root);
 	BUG_ON(IS_ERR(trans));
 
+	btrfs_update_iflags(inode);
+	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	ret = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
 	BUG_ON(ret);
 
-	btrfs_update_iflags(inode);
-	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
 
 	mnt_drop_write(file->f_path.mnt);