diff --git a/src/fuse_open.cpp b/src/fuse_open.cpp
index 80e0baf9..6e7b06e0 100644
--- a/src/fuse_open.cpp
+++ b/src/fuse_open.cpp
@@ -321,8 +321,8 @@ namespace FUSE
         int fd;
         FileInfo *fi;
         std::string proc_filepath;
-        ffi_->backing_id = pti->backing_id;
 
+        ffi_->backing_id = pti->backing_id;
         proc_filepath = fmt::format("/proc/self/fd/{}",pti->path_fd);
         fd = fs::open(proc_filepath,ffi_->flags);
         if(fd == -1)