diff --git a/fs/logfs/super.c b/fs/logfs/super.c
index 33435e4b14d24aaad89bfab57da526870bbfa797..ce03a182c771c42e39e90c0f7b3737b897d02215 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/super.c
@@ -480,10 +480,6 @@ static int logfs_read_sb(struct super_block *sb, int read_only)
 			!read_only)
 		return -EIO;
 
-	mutex_init(&super->s_dirop_mutex);
-	mutex_init(&super->s_object_alias_mutex);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&super->s_freeing_list);
-
 	ret = logfs_init_rw(sb);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -601,6 +597,10 @@ static struct dentry *logfs_mount(struct file_system_type *type, int flags,
 	if (!super)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+	mutex_init(&super->s_dirop_mutex);
+	mutex_init(&super->s_object_alias_mutex);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&super->s_freeing_list);
+
 	if (!devname)
 		err = logfs_get_sb_bdev(super, type, devname);
 	else if (strncmp(devname, "mtd", 3))