diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 69a390c6064c..2d7799bd30b1 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -3462,6 +3462,8 @@ void f2fs_destroy_garbage_collection_cache(void);
  */
 int f2fs_recover_fsync_data(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool check_only);
 bool f2fs_space_for_roll_forward(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi);
+int __init f2fs_create_recovery_cache(void);
+void f2fs_destroy_recovery_cache(void);
 
 /*
  * debug.c
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
index 4f12ade6410a..72ce13111679 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
@@ -777,13 +777,6 @@ int f2fs_recover_fsync_data(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool check_only)
 	quota_enabled = f2fs_enable_quota_files(sbi, s_flags & SB_RDONLY);
 #endif
 
-	fsync_entry_slab = f2fs_kmem_cache_create("f2fs_fsync_inode_entry",
-			sizeof(struct fsync_inode_entry));
-	if (!fsync_entry_slab) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tmp_inode_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dir_list);
@@ -856,8 +849,6 @@ int f2fs_recover_fsync_data(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool check_only)
 		}
 	}
 
-	kmem_cache_destroy(fsync_entry_slab);
-out:
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 	/* Turn quotas off */
 	if (quota_enabled)
@@ -867,3 +858,17 @@ int f2fs_recover_fsync_data(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool check_only)
 
 	return ret ? ret: err;
 }
+
+int __init f2fs_create_recovery_cache(void)
+{
+	fsync_entry_slab = f2fs_kmem_cache_create("f2fs_fsync_inode_entry",
+					sizeof(struct fsync_inode_entry));
+	if (!fsync_entry_slab)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void f2fs_destroy_recovery_cache(void)
+{
+	kmem_cache_destroy(fsync_entry_slab);
+}
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index abc469dd9aea..4af02719bb14 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -4027,9 +4027,12 @@ static int __init init_f2fs_fs(void)
 	err = f2fs_create_checkpoint_caches();
 	if (err)
 		goto free_segment_manager_caches;
-	err = f2fs_create_extent_cache();
+	err = f2fs_create_recovery_cache();
 	if (err)
 		goto free_checkpoint_caches;
+	err = f2fs_create_extent_cache();
+	if (err)
+		goto free_recovery_cache;
 	err = f2fs_create_garbage_collection_cache();
 	if (err)
 		goto free_extent_cache;
@@ -4078,6 +4081,8 @@ static int __init init_f2fs_fs(void)
 	f2fs_destroy_garbage_collection_cache();
 free_extent_cache:
 	f2fs_destroy_extent_cache();
+free_recovery_cache:
+	f2fs_destroy_recovery_cache();
 free_checkpoint_caches:
 	f2fs_destroy_checkpoint_caches();
 free_segment_manager_caches:
@@ -4103,6 +4108,7 @@ static void __exit exit_f2fs_fs(void)
 	f2fs_exit_sysfs();
 	f2fs_destroy_garbage_collection_cache();
 	f2fs_destroy_extent_cache();
+	f2fs_destroy_recovery_cache();
 	f2fs_destroy_checkpoint_caches();
 	f2fs_destroy_segment_manager_caches();
 	f2fs_destroy_node_manager_caches();