diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 41cc13b43ce1..c0670cd61956 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -4784,13 +4784,13 @@ static int f2fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	if (err)
 		goto free_meta;
 
+	/* f2fs_recover_fsync_data() cleared this already */
+	clear_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_POR_DOING);
+
 	err = f2fs_init_inmem_curseg(sbi);
 	if (err)
 		goto sync_free_meta;
 
-	/* f2fs_recover_fsync_data() cleared this already */
-	clear_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_POR_DOING);
-
 	if (test_opt(sbi, DISABLE_CHECKPOINT)) {
 		err = f2fs_disable_checkpoint(sbi);
 		if (err)