diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c b/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c
index 67bba156cce9..4ea754f57ed4 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c
@@ -1079,6 +1079,9 @@ int bch2_fs_initialize(struct bch_fs *c)
 		}
 	}
 
+	for_each_online_member(c, ca)
+		ca->new_fs_bucket_idx = 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * Write out the superblock and journal buckets, now that we can do
 	 * btree updates
@@ -1089,9 +1092,6 @@ int bch2_fs_initialize(struct bch_fs *c)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	for_each_online_member(c, ca)
-		ca->new_fs_bucket_idx = 0;
-
 	ret = bch2_fs_freespace_init(c);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;