diff --git a/fs/jffs2/fs.c b/fs/jffs2/fs.c
index 0403efab40896f552119e9b44317c6f609293216..6bd79128404b0fe4a4562349eba269c874a98885 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/fs.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/fs.c
@@ -271,7 +271,6 @@ struct inode *jffs2_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 	f = JFFS2_INODE_INFO(inode);
 	c = JFFS2_SB_INFO(inode->i_sb);
 
-	jffs2_init_inode_info(f);
 	mutex_lock(&f->sem);
 
 	ret = jffs2_do_read_inode(c, f, inode->i_ino, &latest_node);
@@ -439,7 +438,6 @@ struct inode *jffs2_new_inode (struct inode *dir_i, umode_t mode, struct jffs2_r
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	f = JFFS2_INODE_INFO(inode);
-	jffs2_init_inode_info(f);
 	mutex_lock(&f->sem);
 
 	memset(ri, 0, sizeof(*ri));
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/super.c b/fs/jffs2/super.c
index 7ea37f49f1e18e0c7737ac4132c8c4930b4d474f..4b3f0fcdeab57160804d8a8170db198edd6c5adb 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/super.c
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ static struct inode *jffs2_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	f = alloc_inode_sb(sb, jffs2_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!f)
 		return NULL;
+
+	jffs2_init_inode_info(f);
 	return &f->vfs_inode;
 }