diff --git a/fs/zonefs/super.c b/fs/zonefs/super.c
index 63e09caf19b8..61c1d0bc22e7 100644
--- a/fs/zonefs/super.c
+++ b/fs/zonefs/super.c
@@ -1694,11 +1694,6 @@ static int zonefs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	sbi->s_mount_opts = ZONEFS_MNTOPT_ERRORS_RO;
 	sbi->s_max_open_zones = bdev_max_open_zones(sb->s_bdev);
 	atomic_set(&sbi->s_open_zones, 0);
-	if (!sbi->s_max_open_zones &&
-	    sbi->s_mount_opts & ZONEFS_MNTOPT_EXPLICIT_OPEN) {
-		zonefs_info(sb, "No open zones limit. Ignoring explicit_open mount option\n");
-		sbi->s_mount_opts &= ~ZONEFS_MNTOPT_EXPLICIT_OPEN;
-	}
 
 	ret = zonefs_read_super(sb);
 	if (ret)
@@ -1717,6 +1712,12 @@ static int zonefs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	zonefs_info(sb, "Mounting %u zones",
 		    blkdev_nr_zones(sb->s_bdev->bd_disk));
 
+	if (!sbi->s_max_open_zones &&
+	    sbi->s_mount_opts & ZONEFS_MNTOPT_EXPLICIT_OPEN) {
+		zonefs_info(sb, "No open zones limit. Ignoring explicit_open mount option\n");
+		sbi->s_mount_opts &= ~ZONEFS_MNTOPT_EXPLICIT_OPEN;
+	}
+
 	/* Create root directory inode */
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
 	inode = new_inode(sb);