diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index b2ecae8adbfc..13d562d11235 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -5302,14 +5302,6 @@ static int __ext4_fill_super(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb)
 		err = percpu_counter_init(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter, freei,
 					  GFP_KERNEL);
 	}
-	/*
-	 * Update the checksum after updating free space/inode
-	 * counters.  Otherwise the superblock can have an incorrect
-	 * checksum in the buffer cache until it is written out and
-	 * e2fsprogs programs trying to open a file system immediately
-	 * after it is mounted can fail.
-	 */
-	ext4_superblock_csum_set(sb);
 	if (!err)
 		err = percpu_counter_init(&sbi->s_dirs_counter,
 					  ext4_count_dirs(sb), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -5367,6 +5359,14 @@ static int __ext4_fill_super(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb)
 	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_state |= EXT4_ORPHAN_FS;
 	ext4_orphan_cleanup(sb, es);
 	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_state &= ~EXT4_ORPHAN_FS;
+	/*
+	 * Update the checksum after updating free space/inode counters and
+	 * ext4_orphan_cleanup. Otherwise the superblock can have an incorrect
+	 * checksum in the buffer cache until it is written out and
+	 * e2fsprogs programs trying to open a file system immediately
+	 * after it is mounted can fail.
+	 */
+	ext4_superblock_csum_set(sb);
 	if (needs_recovery) {
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_INFO, "recovery complete");
 		err = ext4_mark_recovery_complete(sb, es);