X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/ebeacb36fb298218bf4195ba3bdddaf8752488bb..7aac6604c4642b93b619ac03c56e9877437bcce3:/rsync.c

diff --git a/rsync.c b/rsync.c
index a97357d9..47b49a6f 100644
--- a/rsync.c
+++ b/rsync.c
@@ -239,15 +239,15 @@ void finish_transfer(char *fname, char *fnametmp, struct file_struct *file,
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	if (make_backups && !make_backup(fname))
-		return;
-
 	if (inplace) {
 		if (verbose > 2)
 			rprintf(FINFO, "finishing %s\n", fname);
 		goto do_set_perms;
 	}
 
+	if (make_backups && !make_backup(fname))
+		return;
+
 	/* Change permissions before putting the file into place. */
 	set_perms(fnametmp, file, NULL, ok_to_set_time ? 0 : PERMS_SKIP_MTIME);