diff --git a/sys/nfs/nfs_vnops.c b/sys/nfs/nfs_vnops.c
index 2ab8dde7f974..f6d1a40dac34 100644
--- a/sys/nfs/nfs_vnops.c
+++ b/sys/nfs/nfs_vnops.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: nfs_vnops.c,v 1.71 1997/02/22 03:08:47 fvdl Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: nfs_vnops.c,v 1.72 1997/03/05 02:08:06 mycroft Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1989, 1993
@@ -1657,8 +1657,7 @@ nfs_link(v)
 	caddr_t bpos, dpos, cp2;
 	int error = 0, wccflag = NFSV3_WCCRATTR, attrflag = 0;
 	struct mbuf *mreq, *mrep, *md, *mb, *mb2;
-	int v3 = NFS_ISV3(vp);
-
+	int v3;
 
 	if (dvp->v_mount != vp->v_mount) {
 		VOP_ABORTOP(vp, cnp);
@@ -1673,6 +1672,7 @@ nfs_link(v)
 	 */
 	VOP_FSYNC(vp, cnp->cn_cred, MNT_WAIT, cnp->cn_proc);
 
+	v3 = NFS_ISV3(vp);
 	nfsstats.rpccnt[NFSPROC_LINK]++;
 	nfsm_reqhead(vp, NFSPROC_LINK,
 		NFSX_FH(v3)*2 + NFSX_UNSIGNED + nfsm_rndup(cnp->cn_namelen));