diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index e2df1c1fb41f7a..3df6d12e8ff8a9 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -2386,8 +2386,8 @@ static int shared_policy_replace(struct shared_policy *sp, unsigned long start,
 				*mpol_new = *n->policy;
 				atomic_set(&mpol_new->refcnt, 1);
 				sp_node_init(n_new, n->end, end, mpol_new);
-				sp_insert(sp, n_new);
 				n->end = start;
+				sp_insert(sp, n_new);
 				n_new = NULL;
 				mpol_new = NULL;
 				break;