diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/core/memory.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/core/memory.c
index e85a08ecd9da..4cc186262d34 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/core/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/core/memory.c
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ nvkm_memory_tags_get(struct nvkm_memory *memory, struct nvkm_device *device,
 	}
 
 	refcount_set(&tags->refcount, 1);
+	*ptags = memory->tags = tags;
 	mutex_unlock(&fb->subdev.mutex);
-	*ptags = tags;
 	return 0;
 }