diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 6facdf476255..84ec851211d9 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -611,9 +611,6 @@ 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);
@@ -621,6 +618,9 @@ 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: