diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c b/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c
index 97c04ab2763a..cea5d86a5591 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c
@@ -1701,6 +1701,7 @@ struct ntfs_inode *ntfs_new_inode(struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi, CLST rno,
 
 	ni = ntfs_i(inode);
 
+	ni->base = ni;
 	err = mi_format_new(&ni->mi, sbi, rno, flag, false);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
@@ -1711,8 +1712,6 @@ struct ntfs_inode *ntfs_new_inode(struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi, CLST rno,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ni->base = ni;
-
 out:
 	if (err) {
 		make_bad_inode(inode);