diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index 09c4ab1..51eb602 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -1319,8 +1319,8 @@
 	}
 	list_move_tail(&req->list, &fpq->processing);
 	__fuse_get_request(req);
-	spin_unlock(&fpq->lock);
 	set_bit(FR_SENT, &req->flags);
+	spin_unlock(&fpq->lock);
 	/* matches barrier in request_wait_answer() */
 	smp_mb__after_atomic();
 	if (test_bit(FR_INTERRUPTED, &req->flags))