diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index 52bcf58104e2..017493b64317 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -1365,6 +1365,7 @@ int fat_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent, int isvfat,
 	sbi->free_clusters = -1;	/* Don't know yet */
 	sbi->free_clus_valid = 0;
 	sbi->prev_free = FAT_START_ENT;
+	sb->s_maxbytes = 0xffffffff;
 
 	if (!sbi->fat_length && b->fat32_length) {
 		struct fat_boot_fsinfo *fsinfo;
@@ -1375,8 +1376,6 @@ int fat_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent, int isvfat,
 		sbi->fat_length = le32_to_cpu(b->fat32_length);
 		sbi->root_cluster = le32_to_cpu(b->root_cluster);
 
-		sb->s_maxbytes = 0xffffffff;
-
 		/* MC - if info_sector is 0, don't multiply by 0 */
 		sbi->fsinfo_sector = le16_to_cpu(b->info_sector);
 		if (sbi->fsinfo_sector == 0)