diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index fecbf5c2de3f4d688663f13d953f318ee1c5d876..c389416934c1df7b3bb6ade5bc81f14a7eb52530 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -5277,8 +5277,8 @@ failed_mount8: __maybe_unused
 failed_mount3:
 	/* flush s_error_work before sbi destroy */
 	flush_work(&sbi->s_error_work);
-	del_timer_sync(&sbi->s_err_report);
 	ext4_stop_mmpd(sbi);
+	del_timer_sync(&sbi->s_err_report);
 failed_mount2:
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	group_desc = rcu_dereference(sbi->s_group_desc);