diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index e5b616c93e11..0fed532efa68 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ int ovl_copy_xattr(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *old,
 
 		if (ovl_is_private_xattr(sb, name))
 			continue;
+
+		error = security_inode_copy_up_xattr(name);
+		if (error < 0 && error != -EOPNOTSUPP)
+			break;
+		if (error == 1) {
+			error = 0;
+			continue; /* Discard */
+		}
 retry:
 		size = vfs_getxattr(old, name, value, value_size);
 		if (size == -ERANGE)
@@ -107,13 +115,6 @@ retry:
 			goto retry;
 		}
 
-		error = security_inode_copy_up_xattr(name);
-		if (error < 0 && error != -EOPNOTSUPP)
-			break;
-		if (error == 1) {
-			error = 0;
-			continue; /* Discard */
-		}
 		error = vfs_setxattr(new, name, value, size, 0);
 		if (error) {
 			if (error != -EOPNOTSUPP || ovl_must_copy_xattr(name))