diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/dat.c b/fs/nilfs2/dat.c
index 674380837ab9..888dc1831c86 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/dat.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/dat.c
@@ -524,6 +524,9 @@ int nilfs_dat_read(struct super_block *sb, size_t entry_size,
 	if (err)
 		goto failed;
 
+	err = nilfs_attach_btree_node_cache(dat);
+	if (err)
+		goto failed;
 	err = nilfs_read_inode_common(dat, raw_inode);
 	if (err)
 		goto failed;