diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index 966acb039e3b..a4addd72ebbd 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -376,11 +376,11 @@ static struct page *init_inode_metadata(struct inode *inode,
 
 put_error:
 	f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
+error:
 	/* once the failed inode becomes a bad inode, i_mode is S_IFREG */
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
 	truncate_blocks(inode, 0);
 	remove_dirty_dir_inode(inode);
-error:
 	remove_inode_page(inode);
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }