diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
index 22152300e60c..57988fedd184 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ next_attr:
 			goto out;
 
 		root = Add2Ptr(attr, roff);
-		is_root = true;
 
 		if (attr->name_len != ARRAY_SIZE(I30_NAME) ||
 		    memcmp(attr_name(attr), I30_NAME, sizeof(I30_NAME)))
@@ -270,6 +269,7 @@ next_attr:
 		if (!is_dir)
 			goto next_attr;
 
+		is_root = true;
 		ni->ni_flags |= NI_FLAG_DIR;
 
 		err = indx_init(&ni->dir, sbi, attr, INDEX_MUTEX_I30);