diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 7b0f4e3..fefce48 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -399,12 +399,11 @@
 	if (!inode)
 		return NULL;
 
-	mode &= S_IFMT;
-
 	inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
 	inode->i_mode = mode;
 	inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME | S_NOCMTIME;
 
+	mode &= S_IFMT;
 	switch (mode) {
 	case S_IFDIR:
 		inode->i_private = oe;