diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 701bc3f4d4ba..b0077f5a3168 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -4143,7 +4143,6 @@ int ceph_mdsc_init(struct ceph_fs_client *fsc)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	fsc->mdsc = mdsc;
 	init_completion(&mdsc->safe_umount_waiters);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&mdsc->session_close_wq);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mdsc->waiting_for_map);
@@ -4195,6 +4194,8 @@ int ceph_mdsc_init(struct ceph_fs_client *fsc)
 
 	strscpy(mdsc->nodename, utsname()->nodename,
 		sizeof(mdsc->nodename));
+
+	fsc->mdsc = mdsc;
 	return 0;
 }