diff --git a/fs/io-wq.c b/fs/io-wq.c
index 01d4e3ff3170..6031fb319d87 100644
--- a/fs/io-wq.c
+++ b/fs/io-wq.c
@@ -1152,10 +1152,10 @@ struct io_wq *io_wq_create(unsigned bounded, struct io_wq_data *data)
 		wqe = kzalloc_node(sizeof(struct io_wqe), GFP_KERNEL, alloc_node);
 		if (!wqe)
 			goto err;
+		wq->wqes[node] = wqe;
 		if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&wqe->cpu_mask, GFP_KERNEL))
 			goto err;
 		cpumask_copy(wqe->cpu_mask, cpumask_of_node(node));
-		wq->wqes[node] = wqe;
 		wqe->node = alloc_node;
 		wqe->acct[IO_WQ_ACCT_BOUND].max_workers = bounded;
 		wqe->acct[IO_WQ_ACCT_UNBOUND].max_workers =