diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 987d49e18dbe..65e6e532cfb9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -5276,6 +5276,8 @@ static int __ext4_fill_super(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sbi->s_orphan); /* unlinked but open files */
 	mutex_init(&sbi->s_orphan_lock);
 
+	spin_lock_init(&sbi->s_bdev_wb_lock);
+
 	ext4_fast_commit_init(sb);
 
 	sb->s_root = NULL;
@@ -5526,7 +5528,6 @@ static int __ext4_fill_super(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb)
 	 * Save the original bdev mapping's wb_err value which could be
 	 * used to detect the metadata async write error.
 	 */
-	spin_lock_init(&sbi->s_bdev_wb_lock);
 	errseq_check_and_advance(&sb->s_bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping->wb_err,
 				 &sbi->s_bdev_wb_err);
 	sb->s_bdev->bd_super = sb;