diff --git a/fs/sysv/super.c b/fs/sysv/super.c
index 76712ae..f60c196 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/super.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/super.c
@@ -332,6 +332,10 @@
 	sb->s_magic = SYSV_MAGIC_BASE + sbi->s_type;
 	/* set up enough so that it can read an inode */
 	sb->s_op = &sysv_sops;
+	if (sbi->s_forced_ro)
+		sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
+	if (sbi->s_truncate)
+		sb->s_d_op = &sysv_dentry_operations;
 	root_inode = sysv_iget(sb, SYSV_ROOT_INO);
 	if (IS_ERR(root_inode)) {
 		printk("SysV FS: get root inode failed\n");
@@ -343,10 +347,6 @@
 		printk("SysV FS: get root dentry failed\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if (sbi->s_forced_ro)
-		sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
-	if (sbi->s_truncate)
-		d_set_d_op(sb->s_root, &sysv_dentry_operations);
 	return 1;
 }