diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index c40876daf60c..5b95499a1f34 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -3365,6 +3365,11 @@ out_acl:
 		if (status)
 			goto out;
 	}
+	if (bmval1 & FATTR4_WORD1_TIME_CREATE) {
+		status = nfsd4_encode_nfstime4(xdr, &stat.btime);
+		if (status)
+			goto out;
+	}
 	if (bmval1 & FATTR4_WORD1_TIME_DELTA) {
 		p = xdr_reserve_space(xdr, 12);
 		if (!p)
@@ -3381,11 +3386,6 @@ out_acl:
 		if (status)
 			goto out;
 	}
-	if (bmval1 & FATTR4_WORD1_TIME_CREATE) {
-		status = nfsd4_encode_nfstime4(xdr, &stat.btime);
-		if (status)
-			goto out;
-	}
 	if (bmval1 & FATTR4_WORD1_MOUNTED_ON_FILEID) {
 		u64 ino = stat.ino;