--- ltp-full-20090630-orig/testcases/kernel/syscalls/sync_file_range/sync_file_range01.c	2009-03-23 08:36:07.000000000 -0500
+++ ltp-full-20090630/testcases/kernel/syscalls/sync_file_range/sync_file_range01.c	2009-07-24 07:26:22.000000000 -0500
@@ -224,10 +224,10 @@ void setup()
 			 "open(%s, O_RDWR|O_CREAT,0700) Failed, errno=%d : %s",
 			 filename, errno, strerror(errno));
 
-		sfd = open(spl_file, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0700);
-
 	}
 
+	sfd = open(spl_file, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0700);
+
 	return;
 }