struct f2fs_super_block *raw_super;
        struct inode *root;
        int err;
-       bool retry = true, need_fsck = false;
+       bool skip_recovery = false, need_fsck = false;
        char *options = NULL;
        int recovery, i, valid_super_block;
        struct curseg_info *seg_i;
+       int retry_cnt = 1;
 
 try_onemore:
        err = -EINVAL;
                goto free_meta;
 
        if (unlikely(is_set_ckpt_flags(sbi, CP_DISABLED_FLAG)))
-               goto skip_recovery;
+               goto reset_checkpoint;
 
        /* recover fsynced data */
        if (!test_opt(sbi, DISABLE_ROLL_FORWARD)) {
                if (need_fsck)
                        set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_NEED_FSCK);
 
-               if (!retry)
-                       goto skip_recovery;
+               if (skip_recovery)
+                       goto reset_checkpoint;
 
                err = f2fs_recover_fsync_data(sbi, false);
                if (err < 0) {
+                       if (err != -ENOMEM)
+                               skip_recovery = true;
                        need_fsck = true;
                        f2fs_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
                                "Cannot recover all fsync data errno=%d", err);
                        goto free_meta;
                }
        }
-skip_recovery:
+reset_checkpoint:
        /* f2fs_recover_fsync_data() cleared this already */
        clear_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_POR_DOING);
 
 sync_free_meta:
        /* safe to flush all the data */
        sync_filesystem(sbi->sb);
-       retry = false;
+       retry_cnt = 0;
 
 free_meta:
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
        kvfree(sbi);
 
        /* give only one another chance */
-       if (retry) {
-               retry = false;
+       if (retry_cnt > 0 && skip_recovery) {
+               retry_cnt--;
                shrink_dcache_sb(sb);
                goto try_onemore;
        }