diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/debug.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/debug.c
index 75a2a42f7d0c79da984a958108e6059a1916fe1b..42b15a76918398831325518799dd758011aaf465 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/debug.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/debug.c
@@ -362,12 +362,12 @@ void libcfs_debug_dumplog(void)
 	 * get to schedule()
 	 */
 	init_waitqueue_entry(&wait, current);
-	set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 	add_wait_queue(&debug_ctlwq, &wait);
 
 	dumper = kthread_run(libcfs_debug_dumplog_thread,
 			     (void *)(long)current_pid(),
 			     "libcfs_debug_dumper");
+	set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 	if (IS_ERR(dumper))
 		pr_err("LustreError: cannot start log dump thread: %ld\n",
 		       PTR_ERR(dumper));