diff --git a/kmod/src/ioctl.c b/kmod/src/ioctl.c
index 148e7356..24317e73 100644
--- a/kmod/src/ioctl.c
+++ b/kmod/src/ioctl.c
@@ -590,13 +590,6 @@ static long scoutfs_ioc_setattr_more(struct file *file, unsigned long arg)
 	if (ret)
 		goto unlock;
 
-	/* create offline extents in potentially many transactions */
-	if (sm.flags & SCOUTFS_IOC_SETATTR_MORE_OFFLINE) {
-		ret = scoutfs_data_init_offline_extent(inode, sm.i_size, lock);
-		if (ret)
-			goto unlock;
-	}
-
 	/* can only change size/dv on untouched regular files */
 	if ((sm.i_size != 0 || sm.data_version != 0) &&
 	    ((!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) ||
@@ -605,6 +598,13 @@ static long scoutfs_ioc_setattr_more(struct file *file, unsigned long arg)
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 
+	/* create offline extents in potentially many transactions */
+	if (sm.flags & SCOUTFS_IOC_SETATTR_MORE_OFFLINE) {
+		ret = scoutfs_data_init_offline_extent(inode, sm.i_size, lock);
+		if (ret)
+			goto unlock;
+	}
+
 	/* setting only so we don't see 0 data seq with nonzero data_version */
 	set_data_seq = sm.data_version != 0 ? true : false;
 	ret = scoutfs_inode_index_lock_hold(inode, &ind_locks, set_data_seq,