diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.c
index 95c4048a371e..388e46be6ad9 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.c
@@ -741,6 +741,7 @@ static int try_recover_peb(struct ubi_volume *vol, int pnum, int lnum,
 		goto out_put;
 	}
 
+	vid_hdr = ubi_get_vid_hdr(vidb);
 	ubi_assert(vid_hdr->vol_type == UBI_VID_DYNAMIC);
 
 	mutex_lock(&ubi->buf_mutex);