diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
index 7da05b159ade2d21e5055318723ed857f8f35f64..75ec9a74d8ffa615071c76726d0f8df9331aa9e8 100644
--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -870,9 +870,9 @@ befs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
       unacquire_priv_sbp:
 	kfree(befs_sb->mount_opts.iocharset);
 	kfree(sb->s_fs_info);
+	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
 
       unacquire_none:
-	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
 	return ret;
 }