diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 63f2071d6445784899985823cb416dc9861351b7..57cf94f129ba883ec31685f5b74edb20a22c310c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -123,11 +123,11 @@ nfs_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 			filp->f_path.dentry->d_parent->d_name.name,
 			filp->f_path.dentry->d_name.name);
 
+	nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSOPEN);
 	res = nfs_check_flags(filp->f_flags);
 	if (res)
 		return res;
 
-	nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSOPEN);
 	res = nfs_open(inode, filp);
 	return res;
 }
@@ -237,9 +237,9 @@ nfs_file_flush(struct file *file, fl_owner_t id)
 			dentry->d_parent->d_name.name,
 			dentry->d_name.name);
 
+	nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSFLUSH);
 	if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) == 0)
 		return 0;
-	nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSFLUSH);
 
 	/* Flush writes to the server and return any errors */
 	return nfs_do_fsync(ctx, inode);