diff --git a/sbin/restore/dirs.c b/sbin/restore/dirs.c
--- a/sbin/restore/dirs.c
+++ b/sbin/restore/dirs.c
@@ -646,6 +646,11 @@
 		}
 		cp = myname(ep);
 		if (!Nflag) {
+			if (myuid != 0)
+				(void) chown(cp, myuid, node.gid);
+			else
+				(void) chown(cp, node.uid, node.gid);
+			(void) chmod(cp, node.mode);
 			if (node.extsize > 0) {
 				if (bufsize >= node.extsize) {
 					set_extattr(-1, cp, buf, node.extsize, SXA_FILE);
@@ -654,11 +659,6 @@
 					    "extended attributes for ", cp);
 				}
 			}
-			if (myuid != 0)
-				(void) chown(cp, myuid, node.gid);
-			else
-				(void) chown(cp, node.uid, node.gid);
-			(void) chmod(cp, node.mode);
 			utimensat(AT_FDCWD, cp, node.ctimep, 0);
 			utimensat(AT_FDCWD, cp, node.mtimep, 0);
 			(void) chflags(cp, node.flags);
diff --git a/sbin/restore/tape.c b/sbin/restore/tape.c
--- a/sbin/restore/tape.c
+++ b/sbin/restore/tape.c
@@ -628,10 +628,10 @@
 			return (GOOD);
 		}
 		if (linkit(lnkbuf, name, SYMLINK) == GOOD) {
-			if (extsize > 0)
-				set_extattr(-1, name, buf, extsize, SXA_LINK);
 			(void) lchown(name, uid, gid);
 			(void) lchmod(name, mode);
+			if (extsize > 0)
+				set_extattr(-1, name, buf, extsize, SXA_LINK);
 			(void) utimensat(AT_FDCWD, name, ctimep,
 			    AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
 			(void) utimensat(AT_FDCWD, name, mtimep,
@@ -655,6 +655,8 @@
 			skipfile();
 			return (FAIL);
 		}
+		(void) chown(name, uid, gid);
+		(void) chmod(name, mode);
 		if (extsize == 0) {
 			skipfile();
 		} else {
@@ -662,8 +664,6 @@
 			getfile(xtrnull, xtrattr, xtrnull);
 			set_extattr(-1, name, buf, extsize, SXA_FILE);
 		}
-		(void) chown(name, uid, gid);
-		(void) chmod(name, mode);
 		(void) utimensat(AT_FDCWD, name, ctimep, 0);
 		(void) utimensat(AT_FDCWD, name, mtimep, 0);
 		(void) chflags(name, flags);
@@ -685,6 +685,8 @@
 			skipfile();
 			return (FAIL);
 		}
+		(void) chown(name, uid, gid);
+		(void) chmod(name, mode);
 		if (extsize == 0) {
 			skipfile();
 		} else {
@@ -692,8 +694,6 @@
 			getfile(xtrnull, xtrattr, xtrnull);
 			set_extattr(-1, name, buf, extsize, SXA_FILE);
 		}
-		(void) chown(name, uid, gid);
-		(void) chmod(name, mode);
 		(void) utimensat(AT_FDCWD, name, ctimep, 0);
 		(void) utimensat(AT_FDCWD, name, mtimep, 0);
 		(void) chflags(name, flags);
@@ -714,12 +714,12 @@
 			skipfile();
 			return (FAIL);
 		}
+		(void) fchown(ofile, uid, gid);
+		(void) fchmod(ofile, mode);
 		buf = setupextattr(extsize);
 		getfile(xtrfile, xtrattr, xtrskip);
 		if (extsize > 0)
 			set_extattr(ofile, name, buf, extsize, SXA_FD);
-		(void) fchown(ofile, uid, gid);
-		(void) fchmod(ofile, mode);
 		(void) futimens(ofile, ctimep);
 		(void) futimens(ofile, mtimep);
 		(void) fchflags(ofile, flags);