diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index 299dbf59f28f..3a583aa1fafe 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ int ovl_copy_xattr(struct dentry *old, struct dentry *new)
 
 		if (ovl_is_private_xattr(name))
 			continue;
+
+		error = security_inode_copy_up_xattr(name);
+		if (error < 0 && error != -EOPNOTSUPP)
+			break;
+		if (error == 1) {
+			error = 0;
+			continue; /* Discard */
+		}
 retry:
 		size = vfs_getxattr(old, name, value, value_size);
 		if (size == -ERANGE)
@@ -115,13 +123,6 @@ retry:
 			goto retry;
 		}
 
-		error = security_inode_copy_up_xattr(name);
-		if (error < 0 && error != -EOPNOTSUPP)
-			break;
-		if (error == 1) {
-			error = 0;
-			continue; /* Discard */
-		}
 		error = vfs_setxattr(new, name, value, size, 0);
 		if (error)
 			break;