diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index de6738b82745..c1026b78cdfc 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -566,6 +566,9 @@ int create_flush_cmd_control(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	init_waitqueue_head(&fcc->flush_wait_queue);
 	init_llist_head(&fcc->issue_list);
 	SM_I(sbi)->fcc_info = fcc;
+	if (!test_opt(sbi, FLUSH_MERGE))
+		return err;
+
 init_thread:
 	fcc->f2fs_issue_flush = kthread_run(issue_flush_thread, sbi,
 				"f2fs_flush-%u:%u", MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev));
@@ -3240,7 +3243,7 @@ int build_segment_manager(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sm_info->sit_entry_set);
 
-	if (test_opt(sbi, FLUSH_MERGE) && !f2fs_readonly(sbi->sb)) {
+	if (!f2fs_readonly(sbi->sb)) {
 		err = create_flush_cmd_control(sbi);
 		if (err)
 			return err;