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diff --git a/rsync.c b/rsync.c
index a97357d9..f8206e52 100644
--- a/rsync.c
+++ b/rsync.c
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ int set_perms(char *fname,struct file_struct *file,STRUCT_STAT *st,
 	change_uid = am_root && preserve_uid && st->st_uid != file->uid;
 	change_gid = preserve_gid && file->gid != GID_NONE
 		&& st->st_gid != file->gid;
+#if !HAVE_LCHOWN && !CHOWN_MODIFIES_SYMLINK
+	if (S_ISLNK(st->st_mode))
+		;
+	else
+#endif
 	if (change_uid || change_gid) {
 		if (verbose > 2) {
 			if (change_uid) {
@@ -239,15 +244,15 @@ 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);