diff --git a/arch/parisc/mm/fault.c b/arch/parisc/mm/fault.c
index d10d27a720c0d1f323c2248f01cc93193e73ca1e..00c0ed333a3d53421a161369cf1fa621c8a02d7f 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/mm/fault.c
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ void do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long code,
 
 	if (user_mode(regs))
 		flags |= FAULT_FLAG_USER;
+
+	acc_type = parisc_acctyp(code, regs->iir);
+
 	if (acc_type & VM_WRITE)
 		flags |= FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
 retry:
@@ -196,8 +199,6 @@ void do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long code,
 
 good_area:
 
-	acc_type = parisc_acctyp(code,regs->iir);
-
 	if ((vma->vm_flags & acc_type) != acc_type)
 		goto bad_area;