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;
        }
 
-       init_constants_master(c);
-
        if (c->need_recovery && !c->ro_mount) {
                err = ubifs_recover_inl_heads(c, c->sbuf);
                if (err)
        if (err)
                goto out_master;
 
+       if (!c->ro_mount && c->space_fixup) {
+               err = ubifs_fixup_free_space(c);
+               if (err)
+                       goto out_master;
+       }
+
        if (!c->ro_mount) {
                /*
                 * Set the "dirty" flag so that if we reboot uncleanly we
        } else
                ubifs_assert(c->lst.taken_empty_lebs > 0);
 
-       if (!c->ro_mount && c->space_fixup) {
-               err = ubifs_fixup_free_space(c);
-               if (err)
-                       goto out_infos;
-       }
-
        err = dbg_check_filesystem(c);
        if (err)
                goto out_infos;