diff --git a/drivers/android/binderfs.c b/drivers/android/binderfs.c
index 361d69f756f5..1ca31b9a0583 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binderfs.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binderfs.c
@@ -189,12 +189,11 @@ static int binderfs_binder_device_create(struct inode *ref_inode,
 		goto err;
 	}
 	inode->i_private = device;
+	binder_add_device(device);
 	d_make_persistent(dentry, inode);
 	fsnotify_create(root->d_inode, dentry);
 	simple_done_creating(dentry);
 
-	binder_add_device(device);
-
 	return 0;
 
 err: