diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index ceb9ddf8dfdd..c5b2a25be7d0 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -4050,6 +4050,8 @@ retry:
 		case 0: case S_IFREG:
 			error = vfs_create(idmap, path.dentry->d_inode,
 					   dentry, mode, true);
+			if (!error)
+				security_path_post_mknod(idmap, dentry);
 			break;
 		case S_IFCHR: case S_IFBLK:
 			error = vfs_mknod(idmap, path.dentry->d_inode,
@@ -4060,11 +4062,6 @@ retry:
 					  dentry, mode, 0);
 			break;
 	}
-
-	if (error)
-		goto out2;
-
-	security_path_post_mknod(idmap, dentry);
 out2:
 	done_path_create(&path, dentry);
 	if (retry_estale(error, lookup_flags)) {
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index 7e118858b545..0a9a0ac3f266 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -1793,11 +1793,11 @@ int security_path_mknod(const struct path *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_path_mknod);
 
 /**
- * security_path_post_mknod() - Update inode security field after file creation
+ * security_path_post_mknod() - Update inode security after reg file creation
  * @idmap: idmap of the mount
  * @dentry: new file
  *
- * Update inode security field after a file has been created.
+ * Update inode security field after a regular file has been created.
  */
 void security_path_post_mknod(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry)
 {