diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index 1e40db740da9..6d357fd9c289 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -1282,17 +1282,24 @@ static int mount_ubifs(struct ubifs_info *c)
 	if (err)
 		goto out_master;
 
-	init_constants_master(c);
-
 	if ((c->mst_node->flags & cpu_to_le32(UBIFS_MST_DIRTY)) != 0) {
 		ubifs_msg("recovery needed");
 		c->need_recovery = 1;
-		if (!c->ro_mount) {
-			err = ubifs_recover_inl_heads(c, c->sbuf);
-			if (err)
-				goto out_master;
-		}
-	} else if (!c->ro_mount) {
+	}
+
+	init_constants_master(c);
+
+	if (c->need_recovery && !c->ro_mount) {
+		err = ubifs_recover_inl_heads(c, c->sbuf);
+		if (err)
+			goto out_master;
+	}
+
+	err = ubifs_lpt_init(c, 1, !c->ro_mount);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_master;
+
+	if (!c->ro_mount) {
 		/*
 		 * Set the "dirty" flag so that if we reboot uncleanly we
 		 * will notice this immediately on the next mount.
@@ -1300,13 +1307,9 @@ static int mount_ubifs(struct ubifs_info *c)
 		c->mst_node->flags |= cpu_to_le32(UBIFS_MST_DIRTY);
 		err = ubifs_write_master(c);
 		if (err)
-			goto out_master;
+			goto out_lpt;
 	}
 
-	err = ubifs_lpt_init(c, 1, !c->ro_mount);
-	if (err)
-		goto out_lpt;
-
 	err = dbg_check_idx_size(c, c->bi.old_idx_sz);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_lpt;