sector_t pos, u64 seq)
 {
        struct r5l_meta_block *mb;
-       u32 crc;
 
        mb = page_address(page);
        clear_page(mb);
        mb->meta_size = cpu_to_le32(sizeof(struct r5l_meta_block));
        mb->seq = cpu_to_le64(seq);
        mb->position = cpu_to_le64(pos);
-       crc = crc32c_le(log->uuid_checksum, mb, PAGE_SIZE);
-       mb->checksum = cpu_to_le32(crc);
 }
 
 static int r5l_log_write_empty_meta_block(struct r5l_log *log, sector_t pos,
                                          u64 seq)
 {
        struct page *page;
+       struct r5l_meta_block *mb;
 
        page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!page)
                return -ENOMEM;
        r5l_recovery_create_empty_meta_block(log, page, pos, seq);
+       mb = page_address(page);
+       mb->checksum = cpu_to_le32(crc32c_le(log->uuid_checksum,
+                                            mb, PAGE_SIZE));
        if (!sync_page_io(log->rdev, pos, PAGE_SIZE, page, REQ_OP_WRITE,
                          WRITE_FUA, false)) {
                __free_page(page);
                        }
                }
                mb->meta_size = cpu_to_le32(offset);
-               mb->checksum = crc32c_le(log->uuid_checksum, mb, PAGE_SIZE);
+               mb->checksum = cpu_to_le32(crc32c_le(log->uuid_checksum,
+                                                    mb, PAGE_SIZE));
                sync_page_io(log->rdev, ctx->pos, PAGE_SIZE, page,
                             REQ_OP_WRITE, WRITE_FUA, false);
                sh->log_start = ctx->pos;