diff --git a/fs/configfs/inode.c b/fs/configfs/inode.c
index c8af2d9..4164514 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/inode.c
@@ -72,16 +72,11 @@
 	if (!sd)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	error = simple_setattr(dentry, iattr);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
 	sd_iattr = sd->s_iattr;
-
-	error = inode_change_ok(inode, iattr);
-	if (error)
-		return error;
-
-	error = inode_setattr(inode, iattr);
-	if (error)
-		return error;
-
 	if (!sd_iattr) {
 		/* setting attributes for the first time, allocate now */
 		sd_iattr = kzalloc(sizeof(struct iattr), GFP_KERNEL);