bool should_fail_ex(struct fault_attr *attr, ssize_t size, int flags)
 {
+       bool stack_checked = false;
+
        if (in_task()) {
                unsigned int fail_nth = READ_ONCE(current->fail_nth);
 
                if (fail_nth) {
+                       if (!fail_stacktrace(attr))
+                               return false;
+
+                       stack_checked = true;
                        fail_nth--;
                        WRITE_ONCE(current->fail_nth, fail_nth);
                        if (!fail_nth)
        if (atomic_read(&attr->times) == 0)
                return false;
 
+       if (!stack_checked && !fail_stacktrace(attr))
+               return false;
+
        if (atomic_read(&attr->space) > size) {
                atomic_sub(size, &attr->space);
                return false;
        if (attr->probability <= get_random_u32_below(100))
                return false;
 
-       if (!fail_stacktrace(attr))
-               return false;
-
 fail:
        if (!(flags & FAULT_NOWARN))
                fail_dump(attr);