diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c b/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c
index 55e1504a8130..717c1a80de20 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ static void bch2_reconstruct_alloc(struct bch_fs *c)
 	c->sb.compat &= ~(1ULL << BCH_COMPAT_alloc_info);
 
 	bch2_write_super(c);
-	mutex_unlock(&c->sb_lock);
 
 	c->opts.recovery_passes |= bch2_recovery_passes_from_stable(le64_to_cpu(ext->recovery_passes_required[0]));
+	mutex_unlock(&c->sb_lock);
 
 
 	bch2_shoot_down_journal_keys(c, BTREE_ID_alloc,