diff --git a/include/sys/zfs_znode.h b/include/sys/zfs_znode.h
index 4b70f7d0c9..a0200684e3 100644
--- a/include/sys/zfs_znode.h
+++ b/include/sys/zfs_znode.h
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ typedef struct znode {
 	uint64_t	z_pflags;	/* pflags (cached) */
 	uint64_t	z_uid;		/* uid fuid (cached) */
 	uint64_t	z_gid;		/* gid fuid (cached) */
-	mode_t		z_mode;		/* mode (cached) */
 	uint32_t	z_sync_cnt;	/* synchronous open count */
+	mode_t		z_mode;		/* mode (cached) */
 	kmutex_t	z_acl_lock;	/* acl data lock */
 	zfs_acl_t	*z_acl_cached;	/* cached acl */
 	krwlock_t	z_xattr_lock;	/* xattr data lock */
diff --git a/module/zfs/zfs_znode.c b/module/zfs/zfs_znode.c
index abf6222f2f..2a4b1c648c 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zfs_znode.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zfs_znode.c
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ zfs_znode_alloc(zfs_sb_t *zsb, dmu_buf_t *db, int blksz,
 {
 	znode_t	*zp;
 	struct inode *ip;
+	uint64_t mode;
 	uint64_t parent;
 	sa_bulk_attr_t bulk[9];
 	int count = 0;
@@ -386,7 +387,7 @@ zfs_znode_alloc(zfs_sb_t *zsb, dmu_buf_t *db, int blksz,
 
 	zfs_znode_sa_init(zsb, zp, db, obj_type, hdl);
 
-	SA_ADD_BULK_ATTR(bulk, count, SA_ZPL_MODE(zsb), NULL, &zp->z_mode, 8);
+	SA_ADD_BULK_ATTR(bulk, count, SA_ZPL_MODE(zsb), NULL, &mode, 8);
 	SA_ADD_BULK_ATTR(bulk, count, SA_ZPL_GEN(zsb), NULL, &zp->z_gen, 8);
 	SA_ADD_BULK_ATTR(bulk, count, SA_ZPL_SIZE(zsb), NULL, &zp->z_size, 8);
 	SA_ADD_BULK_ATTR(bulk, count, SA_ZPL_LINKS(zsb), NULL, &zp->z_links, 8);
@@ -406,6 +407,8 @@ zfs_znode_alloc(zfs_sb_t *zsb, dmu_buf_t *db, int blksz,
 		goto error;
 	}
 
+	zp->z_mode = mode;
+
 	/*
 	 * xattr znodes hold a reference on their unique parent
 	 */