diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index 7562464ac83f..3f4902060c7a 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -1024,14 +1024,13 @@ static int mount_ubifs(struct ubifs_info *c)
 		goto out_dereg;
 	}
 
+	sprintf(c->bgt_name, BGT_NAME_PATTERN, c->vi.ubi_num, c->vi.vol_id);
 	if (!mounted_read_only) {
 		err = alloc_wbufs(c);
 		if (err)
 			goto out_cbuf;
 
 		/* Create background thread */
-		sprintf(c->bgt_name, BGT_NAME_PATTERN, c->vi.ubi_num,
-			c->vi.vol_id);
 		c->bgt = kthread_create(ubifs_bg_thread, c, c->bgt_name);
 		if (!c->bgt)
 			c->bgt = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);