diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index cc077887bd9dffa85bfc4eb396c2cb2580d3c8d0..dab51118b972b6218451ff0528befbe674812895 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -97,15 +97,6 @@ const char *btrfs_decode_error(int errno)
 	return errstr;
 }
 
-static void save_error_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
-{
-	/*
-	 * today we only save the error info into ram.  Long term we'll
-	 * also send it down to the disk
-	 */
-	set_bit(BTRFS_FS_STATE_ERROR, &fs_info->fs_state);
-}
-
 /* btrfs handle error by forcing the filesystem readonly */
 static void btrfs_handle_error(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 {
@@ -170,8 +161,13 @@ void __btrfs_handle_fs_error(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *function
 	}
 #endif
 
+	/*
+	 * Today we only save the error info to memory.  Long term we'll
+	 * also send it down to the disk
+	 */
+	set_bit(BTRFS_FS_STATE_ERROR, &fs_info->fs_state);
+
 	/* Don't go through full error handling during mount */
-	save_error_info(fs_info);
 	if (sb->s_flags & MS_BORN)
 		btrfs_handle_error(fs_info);
 }