diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index 7666c065b96f..de1694512f1f 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ static int ext2_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	unsigned long logic_sb_block;
 	unsigned long offset = 0;
 	unsigned long def_mount_opts;
-	long ret = -EINVAL;
+	long ret = -ENOMEM;
 	int blocksize = BLOCK_SIZE;
 	int db_count;
 	int i, j;
@@ -835,7 +835,6 @@ static int ext2_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	int err;
 	struct ext2_mount_options opts;
 
-	err = -ENOMEM;
 	sbi = kzalloc(sizeof(*sbi), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sbi)
 		goto failed;
@@ -851,6 +850,7 @@ static int ext2_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	sbi->s_daxdev = dax_dev;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&sbi->s_lock);
+	ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	/*
 	 * See what the current blocksize for the device is, and