diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index f661d80474be..a6221f4fd581 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -696,6 +696,10 @@ int get_valid_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	cp_block = (struct f2fs_checkpoint *)page_address(cur_page);
 	memcpy(sbi->ckpt, cp_block, blk_size);
 
+	/* Sanity checking of checkpoint */
+	if (sanity_check_ckpt(sbi))
+		goto fail_no_cp;
+
 	if (cp_blks <= 1)
 		goto done;
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 2871576fbca4..b9b9370830b4 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -1718,6 +1718,7 @@ int f2fs_commit_super(struct f2fs_sb_info *, bool);
 int f2fs_sync_fs(struct super_block *, int);
 extern __printf(3, 4)
 void f2fs_msg(struct super_block *, const char *, const char *, ...);
+int sanity_check_ckpt(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi);
 
 /*
  * hash.c
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 2ffc53d0c9c7..88a769d719ca 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ static int sanity_check_raw_super(struct super_block *sb,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int sanity_check_ckpt(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
+int sanity_check_ckpt(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
 	unsigned int total, fsmeta;
 	struct f2fs_super_block *raw_super = F2FS_RAW_SUPER(sbi);
@@ -1358,13 +1358,6 @@ try_onemore:
 		goto free_meta_inode;
 	}
 
-	/* sanity checking of checkpoint */
-	err = -EINVAL;
-	if (sanity_check_ckpt(sbi)) {
-		f2fs_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "Invalid F2FS checkpoint");
-		goto free_cp;
-	}
-
 	sbi->total_valid_node_count =
 				le32_to_cpu(sbi->ckpt->valid_node_count);
 	sbi->total_valid_inode_count =
@@ -1517,7 +1510,6 @@ free_nm:
 	destroy_node_manager(sbi);
 free_sm:
 	destroy_segment_manager(sbi);
-free_cp:
 	kfree(sbi->ckpt);
 free_meta_inode:
 	make_bad_inode(sbi->meta_inode);