diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 9a524e763c3e..ae0ec51dc027 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -2452,6 +2452,7 @@ static int _nfs4_open_and_get_state(struct nfs4_opendata *opendata,
 	ret = PTR_ERR(state);
 	if (IS_ERR(state))
 		goto out;
+	ctx->state = state;
 	if (server->caps & NFS_CAP_POSIX_LOCK)
 		set_bit(NFS_STATE_POSIX_LOCKS, &state->flags);
 
@@ -2474,7 +2475,6 @@ static int _nfs4_open_and_get_state(struct nfs4_opendata *opendata,
 	if (ret != 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	ctx->state = state;
 	if (d_inode(dentry) == state->inode) {
 		nfs_inode_attach_open_context(ctx);
 		if (read_seqcount_retry(&sp->so_reclaim_seqcount, seq))