diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index b22d5a0652bb..d04613df710a 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -272,14 +272,15 @@ int create_flush_cmd_control(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	spin_lock_init(&fcc->issue_lock);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&fcc->flush_wait_queue);
+	sbi->sm_info->cmd_control_info = fcc;
 	fcc->f2fs_issue_flush = kthread_run(issue_flush_thread, sbi,
 				"f2fs_flush-%u:%u", MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev));
 	if (IS_ERR(fcc->f2fs_issue_flush)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(fcc->f2fs_issue_flush);
 		kfree(fcc);
+		sbi->sm_info->cmd_control_info = NULL;
 		return err;
 	}
-	sbi->sm_info->cmd_control_info = fcc;
 
 	return err;
 }