diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
index 1cd2488ff2cd04aaa3158aeeeb8ac78e4e5228eb..37b5e2ba1448e10806067350fbb3fcdd7138af3c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ nfs3_proc_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct nfs_fattr *fattr,
 	nfs_fattr_init(fattr);
 	status = rpc_call_sync(NFS_CLIENT(inode), &msg, 0);
 	if (status == 0) {
+		nfs_setattr_update_inode(inode, sattr, fattr);
 		if (NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL)
 			nfs_zap_acl_cache(inode);
-		nfs_setattr_update_inode(inode, sattr, fattr);
 	}
 	dprintk("NFS reply setattr: %d\n", status);
 	return status;