diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_iext_tree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_iext_tree.c
index 89bf16b4d9377293fa842c48f2b9b637f83c62c2..b0f31791c7e6137c0b7e46c35000e3c76e145ba1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_iext_tree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_iext_tree.c
@@ -632,8 +632,6 @@ xfs_iext_insert(
 	struct xfs_iext_leaf	*new = NULL;
 	int			nr_entries, i;
 
-	trace_xfs_iext_insert(ip, cur, state, _RET_IP_);
-
 	if (ifp->if_height == 0)
 		xfs_iext_alloc_root(ifp, cur);
 	else if (ifp->if_height == 1)
@@ -661,6 +659,8 @@ xfs_iext_insert(
 	xfs_iext_set(cur_rec(cur), irec);
 	ifp->if_bytes += sizeof(struct xfs_iext_rec);
 
+	trace_xfs_iext_insert(ip, cur, state, _RET_IP_);
+
 	if (new)
 		xfs_iext_insert_node(ifp, xfs_iext_leaf_key(new, 0), new, 2);
 }