diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 61517f5..49e1f2f 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -201,11 +201,11 @@
 	eventpoll_release(file);
 	locks_remove_file(file);
 
+	ima_file_free(file);
 	if (unlikely(file->f_flags & FASYNC)) {
 		if (file->f_op->fasync)
 			file->f_op->fasync(-1, file, 0);
 	}
-	ima_file_free(file);
 	if (file->f_op->release)
 		file->f_op->release(inode, file);
 	security_file_free(file);