diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 00d09f58f188..d83cdcbd9b31 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -2794,24 +2794,6 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	get_random_bytes(&sbi->s_next_generation, sizeof(u32));
 	spin_lock_init(&sbi->s_next_gen_lock);
 
-	err = percpu_counter_init(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter,
-			ext4_count_free_blocks(sb));
-	if (!err) {
-		err = percpu_counter_init(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter,
-				ext4_count_free_inodes(sb));
-	}
-	if (!err) {
-		err = percpu_counter_init(&sbi->s_dirs_counter,
-				ext4_count_dirs(sb));
-	}
-	if (!err) {
-		err = percpu_counter_init(&sbi->s_dirtyblocks_counter, 0);
-	}
-	if (err) {
-		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "insufficient memory");
-		goto failed_mount3;
-	}
-
 	sbi->s_stripe = ext4_get_stripe_size(sbi);
 	sbi->s_max_writeback_mb_bump = 128;
 
@@ -2911,6 +2893,20 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	set_task_ioprio(sbi->s_journal->j_task, journal_ioprio);
 
 no_journal:
+	err = percpu_counter_init(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter,
+				  ext4_count_free_blocks(sb));
+	if (!err)
+		err = percpu_counter_init(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter,
+					  ext4_count_free_inodes(sb));
+	if (!err)
+		err = percpu_counter_init(&sbi->s_dirs_counter,
+					  ext4_count_dirs(sb));
+	if (!err)
+		err = percpu_counter_init(&sbi->s_dirtyblocks_counter, 0);
+	if (err) {
+		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "insufficient memory");
+		goto failed_mount_wq;
+	}
 	if (test_opt(sb, NOBH)) {
 		if (!(test_opt(sb, DATA_FLAGS) == EXT4_MOUNT_WRITEBACK_DATA)) {
 			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_WARNING, "Ignoring nobh option - "
@@ -3060,6 +3056,10 @@ failed_mount_wq:
 		jbd2_journal_destroy(sbi->s_journal);
 		sbi->s_journal = NULL;
 	}
+	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter);
+	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter);
+	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_dirs_counter);
+	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_dirtyblocks_counter);
 failed_mount3:
 	if (sbi->s_flex_groups) {
 		if (is_vmalloc_addr(sbi->s_flex_groups))
@@ -3067,10 +3067,6 @@ failed_mount3:
 		else
 			kfree(sbi->s_flex_groups);
 	}
-	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter);
-	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter);
-	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_dirs_counter);
-	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_dirtyblocks_counter);
 failed_mount2:
 	for (i = 0; i < db_count; i++)
 		brelse(sbi->s_group_desc[i]);