diff --git a/fs/pstore/inode.c b/fs/pstore/inode.c
index 8cf2218b46a759229b26025bd159ab83fe125cf5..6f90d91a8733ad68aa94d71b4caba623cdee0409 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/inode.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/inode.c
@@ -330,10 +330,6 @@ int pstore_mkfile(struct dentry *root, struct pstore_record *record)
 		goto fail;
 	inode->i_mode = S_IFREG | 0444;
 	inode->i_fop = &pstore_file_operations;
-	private = kzalloc(sizeof(*private), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!private)
-		goto fail_alloc;
-	private->record = record;
 
 	switch (record->type) {
 	case PSTORE_TYPE_DMESG:
@@ -383,12 +379,16 @@ int pstore_mkfile(struct dentry *root, struct pstore_record *record)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	private = kzalloc(sizeof(*private), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!private)
+		goto fail_inode;
+
 	dentry = d_alloc_name(root, name);
 	if (!dentry)
 		goto fail_private;
 
+	private->record = record;
 	inode->i_size = private->total_size = size;
-
 	inode->i_private = private;
 
 	if (record->time.tv_sec)
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ int pstore_mkfile(struct dentry *root, struct pstore_record *record)
 
 fail_private:
 	free_pstore_private(private);
-fail_alloc:
+fail_inode:
 	iput(inode);
 
 fail: