diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/lru.c b/fs/bcachefs/lru.c
index ce23b38382f5..d278331776dd 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/lru.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/lru.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ int bch2_lru_change(struct btree_trans *trans, u64 id, u64 idx,
 }
 
 static int bch2_check_lru_key(struct btree_trans *trans,
-			      struct btree_iter *lru_iter, bool initial)
+			      struct btree_iter *lru_iter)
 {
 	struct bch_fs *c = trans->c;
 	struct btree_iter iter;
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ fsck_err:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int bch2_check_lrus(struct bch_fs *c, bool initial)
+int bch2_check_lrus(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
 	struct btree_trans trans;
 	struct btree_iter iter;
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ int bch2_check_lrus(struct bch_fs *c, bool initial)
 		ret = __bch2_trans_do(&trans, NULL, NULL,
 				      BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL|
 				      BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW,
-			bch2_check_lru_key(&trans, &iter, initial));
+			bch2_check_lru_key(&trans, &iter));
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/lru.h b/fs/bcachefs/lru.h
index bfe38a67e585..3decb7b1dde2 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/lru.h
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/lru.h
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ int bch2_lru_delete(struct btree_trans *, u64, u64, u64, struct bkey_s_c);
 int bch2_lru_set(struct btree_trans *, u64, u64, u64 *);
 int bch2_lru_change(struct btree_trans *, u64, u64, u64, u64 *, struct bkey_s_c);
 
-int bch2_check_lrus(struct bch_fs *, bool);
+int bch2_check_lrus(struct bch_fs *);
 
 #endif /* _BCACHEFS_LRU_H */
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c b/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c
index f54859b49416..87a4bced853a 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c
@@ -1256,24 +1256,19 @@ use_clean:
 
 		bch_info(c, "checking lrus");
 		err = "error checking lrus";
-		ret = bch2_check_lrus(c, true);
+		ret = bch2_check_lrus(c);
 		if (ret)
 			goto err;
 		bch_verbose(c, "done checking lrus");
-
 		set_bit(BCH_FS_CHECK_LRUS_DONE, &c->flags);
 
 		bch_info(c, "checking alloc to lru refs");
 		err = "error checking alloc to lru refs";
 		ret = bch2_check_alloc_to_lru_refs(c);
-		if (ret)
-			goto err;
-		set_bit(BCH_FS_CHECK_ALLOC_TO_LRU_REFS_DONE, &c->flags);
-
-		ret = bch2_check_lrus(c, true);
 		if (ret)
 			goto err;
 		bch_verbose(c, "done checking alloc to lru refs");
+		set_bit(BCH_FS_CHECK_ALLOC_TO_LRU_REFS_DONE, &c->flags);
 	} else {
 		set_bit(BCH_FS_MAY_GO_RW, &c->flags);
 		set_bit(BCH_FS_INITIAL_GC_DONE, &c->flags);