diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index c5c6faa995e1..561f670768f9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -5563,6 +5563,10 @@ static int __ext4_fill_super(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb)
 			clear_opt2(sb, MB_OPTIMIZE_SCAN);
 	}
 
+	err = ext4_percpu_param_init(sbi);
+	if (err)
+		goto failed_mount5;
+
 	err = ext4_mb_init(sb);
 	if (err) {
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "failed to initialize mballoc (%d)",
@@ -5578,10 +5582,6 @@ static int __ext4_fill_super(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb)
 		sbi->s_journal->j_commit_callback =
 			ext4_journal_commit_callback;
 
-	err = ext4_percpu_param_init(sbi);
-	if (err)
-		goto failed_mount6;
-
 	if (ext4_has_feature_flex_bg(sb))
 		if (!ext4_fill_flex_info(sb)) {
 			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
@@ -5661,8 +5661,8 @@ failed_mount7:
 failed_mount6:
 	ext4_mb_release(sb);
 	ext4_flex_groups_free(sbi);
-	ext4_percpu_param_destroy(sbi);
 failed_mount5:
+	ext4_percpu_param_destroy(sbi);
 	ext4_ext_release(sb);
 	ext4_release_system_zone(sb);
 failed_mount4a: