diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 32896c845ffe..8230f22cc01c 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1155,6 +1155,9 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type)
 	 */
 	kvm->debugfs_dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
+	snprintf(kvm->stats_id, sizeof(kvm->stats_id), "kvm-%d",
+		 task_pid_nr(current));
+
 	if (init_srcu_struct(&kvm->srcu))
 		goto out_err_no_srcu;
 	if (init_srcu_struct(&kvm->irq_srcu))
@@ -4902,9 +4905,6 @@ static int kvm_dev_ioctl_create_vm(unsigned long type)
 	if (r < 0)
 		goto put_kvm;
 
-	snprintf(kvm->stats_id, sizeof(kvm->stats_id),
-			"kvm-%d", task_pid_nr(current));
-
 	file = anon_inode_getfile("kvm-vm", &kvm_vm_fops, kvm, O_RDWR);
 	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
 		put_unused_fd(r);