diff --git a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
index 9eca1c0ec5460e04cb7de52854d0d5c38454d1a2..7e99f4e72bf5858c51991d95db3deb97b7bb158d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
@@ -953,14 +953,6 @@ mext_check_arguments(struct inode *orig_inode,
 	unsigned int blkbits = orig_inode->i_blkbits;
 	unsigned int blocksize = 1 << blkbits;
 
-	/* Regular file check */
-	if (!S_ISREG(orig_inode->i_mode) || !S_ISREG(donor_inode->i_mode)) {
-		ext4_debug("ext4 move extent: The argument files should be "
-			"regular file [ino:orig %lu, donor %lu]\n",
-			orig_inode->i_ino, donor_inode->i_ino);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	if (donor_inode->i_mode & (S_ISUID|S_ISGID)) {
 		ext4_debug("ext4 move extent: suid or sgid is set"
 			   " to donor file [ino:orig %lu, donor %lu]\n",
@@ -1208,6 +1200,14 @@ ext4_move_extents(struct file *o_filp, struct file *d_filp,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	/* Regular file check */
+	if (!S_ISREG(orig_inode->i_mode) || !S_ISREG(donor_inode->i_mode)) {
+		ext4_debug("ext4 move extent: The argument files should be "
+			"regular file [ino:orig %lu, donor %lu]\n",
+			orig_inode->i_ino, donor_inode->i_ino);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	/* Protect orig and donor inodes against a truncate */
 	ret1 = mext_inode_double_lock(orig_inode, donor_inode);
 	if (ret1 < 0)