diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
index 34422df9eeb4..973eee6f57d3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
@@ -1504,8 +1504,6 @@ int ll_setattr_raw(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr, bool hsm_import)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	op_data->op_attr = *attr;
-
 	if (!hsm_import && attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
 		/*
 		 * If we are changing file size, file content is
@@ -1516,6 +1514,8 @@ int ll_setattr_raw(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr, bool hsm_import)
 		clear_bit(LLIF_DATA_MODIFIED, &lli->lli_flags);
 	}
 
+	op_data->op_attr = *attr;
+
 	rc = ll_md_setattr(dentry, op_data);
 	if (rc)
 		goto out;