diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 6462276dfdf04d9ce648b7a2f4a06faa727d9de0..5559a2983341c3aa466288cc4bbea64b548bec69 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -192,8 +192,6 @@ int inode_init_always(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
 	inode->i_wb_frn_history = 0;
 #endif
 
-	if (security_inode_alloc(inode))
-		goto out;
 	spin_lock_init(&inode->i_lock);
 	lockdep_set_class(&inode->i_lock, &sb->s_type->i_lock_key);
 
@@ -228,11 +226,12 @@ int inode_init_always(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
 	inode->i_fsnotify_mask = 0;
 #endif
 	inode->i_flctx = NULL;
+
+	if (unlikely(security_inode_alloc(inode)))
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	this_cpu_inc(nr_inodes);
 
 	return 0;
-out:
-	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_init_always);