diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index eec41990fa65..985d79fb6128 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3587,9 +3587,9 @@ int ext4_register_li_request(struct super_block *sb,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (test_opt(sb, NO_PREFETCH_BLOCK_BITMAPS) &&
-	    (first_not_zeroed == ngroups || sb_rdonly(sb) ||
-	     !test_opt(sb, INIT_INODE_TABLE)))
+	if (sb_rdonly(sb) ||
+	    (test_opt(sb, NO_PREFETCH_BLOCK_BITMAPS) &&
+	     (first_not_zeroed == ngroups || !test_opt(sb, INIT_INODE_TABLE))))
 		goto out;
 
 	elr = ext4_li_request_new(sb, first_not_zeroed);