diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c b/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c
index bbcf5a2..8af45fc 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 	key->key_len = cpu_to_be16(6 + ustrlen);
 }
 
-static void hfsplus_set_perms(struct inode *inode, struct hfsplus_perm *perms)
+void hfsplus_cat_set_perms(struct inode *inode, struct hfsplus_perm *perms)
 {
 	if (inode->i_flags & S_IMMUTABLE)
 		perms->rootflags |= HFSPLUS_FLG_IMMUTABLE;
@@ -77,10 +77,18 @@
 		perms->rootflags |= HFSPLUS_FLG_APPEND;
 	else
 		perms->rootflags &= ~HFSPLUS_FLG_APPEND;
-	HFSPLUS_I(inode)->userflags = perms->userflags;
+
+	perms->userflags = HFSPLUS_I(inode)->userflags;
 	perms->mode = cpu_to_be16(inode->i_mode);
 	perms->owner = cpu_to_be32(inode->i_uid);
 	perms->group = cpu_to_be32(inode->i_gid);
+
+	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+		perms->dev = cpu_to_be32(inode->i_nlink);
+	else if (S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode) || S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode))
+		perms->dev = cpu_to_be32(inode->i_rdev);
+	else
+		perms->dev = 0;
 }
 
 static int hfsplus_cat_build_record(hfsplus_cat_entry *entry, u32 cnid, struct inode *inode)
@@ -99,7 +107,7 @@
 			folder->content_mod_date =
 			folder->attribute_mod_date =
 			folder->access_date = hfsp_now2mt();
-		hfsplus_set_perms(inode, &folder->permissions);
+		hfsplus_cat_set_perms(inode, &folder->permissions);
 		if (inode == sbi->hidden_dir)
 			/* invisible and namelocked */
 			folder->user_info.frFlags = cpu_to_be16(0x5000);
@@ -118,7 +126,7 @@
 			file->attribute_mod_date =
 			file->access_date = hfsp_now2mt();
 		if (cnid == inode->i_ino) {
-			hfsplus_set_perms(inode, &file->permissions);
+			hfsplus_cat_set_perms(inode, &file->permissions);
 			if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
 				file->user_info.fdType = cpu_to_be32(HFSP_SYMLINK_TYPE);
 				file->user_info.fdCreator = cpu_to_be32(HFSP_SYMLINK_CREATOR);
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
index c05c877..d236d85 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
@@ -418,6 +418,9 @@
 	if (!inode)
 		goto out;
 
+	if (S_ISBLK(mode) || S_ISCHR(mode) || S_ISFIFO(mode) || S_ISSOCK(mode))
+		init_special_inode(inode, mode, rdev);
+
 	res = hfsplus_create_cat(inode->i_ino, dir, &dentry->d_name, inode);
 	if (res) {
 		inode->i_nlink = 0;
@@ -426,9 +429,6 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (S_ISBLK(mode) || S_ISCHR(mode) || S_ISFIFO(mode) || S_ISSOCK(mode))
-		init_special_inode(inode, mode, rdev);
-
 	hfsplus_instantiate(dentry, inode, inode->i_ino);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 out:
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
index 0d77844..d77dfd2 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@
 int hfsplus_delete_cat(u32, struct inode *, struct qstr *);
 int hfsplus_rename_cat(u32, struct inode *, struct qstr *,
 		       struct inode *, struct qstr *);
+void hfsplus_cat_set_perms(struct inode *inode, struct hfsplus_perm *perms);
 
 /* dir.c */
 extern const struct inode_operations hfsplus_dir_inode_operations;
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
index df57ea1..7844928 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
@@ -252,29 +252,6 @@
 		inode->i_flags &= ~S_APPEND;
 }
 
-static void hfsplus_set_perms(struct inode *inode, struct hfsplus_perm *perms)
-{
-	if (inode->i_flags & S_IMMUTABLE)
-		perms->rootflags |= HFSPLUS_FLG_IMMUTABLE;
-	else
-		perms->rootflags &= ~HFSPLUS_FLG_IMMUTABLE;
-	if (inode->i_flags & S_APPEND)
-		perms->rootflags |= HFSPLUS_FLG_APPEND;
-	else
-		perms->rootflags &= ~HFSPLUS_FLG_APPEND;
-	perms->userflags = HFSPLUS_I(inode)->userflags;
-	perms->mode = cpu_to_be16(inode->i_mode);
-	perms->owner = cpu_to_be32(inode->i_uid);
-	perms->group = cpu_to_be32(inode->i_gid);
-
-	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
-		perms->dev = cpu_to_be32(inode->i_nlink);
-	else if (S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode) || S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode))
-		perms->dev = cpu_to_be32(inode->i_rdev);
-	else
-		perms->dev = 0;
-}
-
 static int hfsplus_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	if (HFSPLUS_IS_RSRC(inode))
@@ -578,7 +555,7 @@
 		hfs_bnode_read(fd.bnode, &entry, fd.entryoffset,
 					sizeof(struct hfsplus_cat_folder));
 		/* simple node checks? */
-		hfsplus_set_perms(inode, &folder->permissions);
+		hfsplus_cat_set_perms(inode, &folder->permissions);
 		folder->access_date = hfsp_ut2mt(inode->i_atime);
 		folder->content_mod_date = hfsp_ut2mt(inode->i_mtime);
 		folder->attribute_mod_date = hfsp_ut2mt(inode->i_ctime);
@@ -600,7 +577,7 @@
 		hfs_bnode_read(fd.bnode, &entry, fd.entryoffset,
 					sizeof(struct hfsplus_cat_file));
 		hfsplus_inode_write_fork(inode, &file->data_fork);
-		hfsplus_set_perms(inode, &file->permissions);
+		hfsplus_cat_set_perms(inode, &file->permissions);
 		if ((file->permissions.rootflags | file->permissions.userflags) & HFSPLUS_FLG_IMMUTABLE)
 			file->flags |= cpu_to_be16(HFSPLUS_FILE_LOCKED);
 		else