diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 1a85f83abd53..475560e5ee71 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -989,28 +989,9 @@ static int f2fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		goto free_root_inode;
 	}
 
-	/* recover fsynced data */
-	if (!test_opt(sbi, DISABLE_ROLL_FORWARD)) {
-		err = recover_fsync_data(sbi);
-		if (err)
-			f2fs_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
-				"Cannot recover all fsync data errno=%ld", err);
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * If filesystem is not mounted as read-only then
-	 * do start the gc_thread.
-	 */
-	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
-		/* After POR, we can run background GC thread.*/
-		err = start_gc_thread(sbi);
-		if (err)
-			goto free_gc;
-	}
-
 	err = f2fs_build_stats(sbi);
 	if (err)
-		goto free_gc;
+		goto free_root_inode;
 
 	if (f2fs_proc_root)
 		sbi->s_proc = proc_mkdir(sb->s_id, f2fs_proc_root);
@@ -1032,17 +1013,36 @@ static int f2fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	err = kobject_init_and_add(&sbi->s_kobj, &f2fs_ktype, NULL,
 							"%s", sb->s_id);
 	if (err)
-		goto fail;
+		goto free_proc;
 
+	/* recover fsynced data */
+	if (!test_opt(sbi, DISABLE_ROLL_FORWARD)) {
+		err = recover_fsync_data(sbi);
+		if (err)
+			f2fs_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
+				"Cannot recover all fsync data errno=%ld", err);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If filesystem is not mounted as read-only then
+	 * do start the gc_thread.
+	 */
+	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
+		/* After POR, we can run background GC thread.*/
+		err = start_gc_thread(sbi);
+		if (err)
+			goto free_kobj;
+	}
 	return 0;
-fail:
+
+free_kobj:
+	kobject_del(&sbi->s_kobj);
+free_proc:
 	if (sbi->s_proc) {
 		remove_proc_entry("segment_info", sbi->s_proc);
 		remove_proc_entry(sb->s_id, f2fs_proc_root);
 	}
 	f2fs_destroy_stats(sbi);
-free_gc:
-	stop_gc_thread(sbi);
 free_root_inode:
 	dput(sb->s_root);
 	sb->s_root = NULL;