diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 1026f67b1d1e49e3a0526c52aedcac5dec9229c1..2ff6bd85ba8f6abc70deaf9fd5192ef9cf2419b8 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -701,9 +701,6 @@ static ssize_t copy_event_to_user(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 	if (fanotify_is_perm_event(event->mask))
 		FANOTIFY_PERM(event)->fd = fd;
 
-	if (f)
-		fd_install(fd, f);
-
 	if (info_mode) {
 		ret = copy_info_records_to_user(event, info, info_mode, pidfd,
 						buf, count);
@@ -711,6 +708,9 @@ static ssize_t copy_event_to_user(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 			goto out_close_fd;
 	}
 
+	if (f)
+		fd_install(fd, f);
+
 	return metadata.event_len;
 
 out_close_fd: