diff --git a/module/zfs/zfs_vnops.c b/module/zfs/zfs_vnops.c
index 384cdf0dca..5377da4011 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zfs_vnops.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zfs_vnops.c
@@ -795,11 +795,11 @@ zfs_setsecattr(znode_t *zp, vsecattr_t *vsecp, int flag, cred_t *cr)
 	zfsvfs_t *zfsvfs = ZTOZSB(zp);
 	int error;
 	boolean_t skipaclchk = (flag & ATTR_NOACLCHECK) ? B_TRUE : B_FALSE;
-	zilog_t	*zilog = zfsvfs->z_log;
+	zilog_t	*zilog;
 
 	if ((error = zfs_enter_verify_zp(zfsvfs, zp, FTAG)) != 0)
 		return (error);
-
+	zilog = zfsvfs->z_log;
 	error = zfs_setacl(zp, vsecp, skipaclchk, cr);
 
 	if (zfsvfs->z_os->os_sync == ZFS_SYNC_ALWAYS)