diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index 6f99be0228452b7bb3544c6cd47f1268e62e24e1..e02fafca02c7bec40a72a707c3e2d22745a4cdb3 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -410,10 +410,6 @@ static int fuse_flush(struct file *file, fl_owner_t id)
 	if (is_bad_inode(inode))
 		return -EIO;
 
-	err = 0;
-	if (fc->no_flush)
-		goto inval_attr_out;
-
 	err = write_inode_now(inode, 1);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -426,6 +422,10 @@ static int fuse_flush(struct file *file, fl_owner_t id)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	err = 0;
+	if (fc->no_flush)
+		goto inval_attr_out;
+
 	req = fuse_get_req_nofail_nopages(fc, file);
 	memset(&inarg, 0, sizeof(inarg));
 	inarg.fh = ff->fh;