diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index f033760ecbea..c48b93ac6b65 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -1954,10 +1954,16 @@ void ocfs2_orphan_scan_init(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	os->os_osb = osb;
 	os->os_count = 0;
 	os->os_seqno = 0;
-	os->os_scantime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	mutex_init(&os->os_lock);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&os->os_orphan_scan_work, ocfs2_orphan_scan_work);
+}
 
+void ocfs2_orphan_scan_start(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_orphan_scan *os;
+
+	os = &osb->osb_orphan_scan;
+	os->os_scantime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	if (ocfs2_is_hard_readonly(osb) || ocfs2_mount_local(osb))
 		atomic_set(&os->os_state, ORPHAN_SCAN_INACTIVE);
 	else {
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
index 5432c7f79cc6..81e8abcd246e 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ static inline void ocfs2_inode_set_new(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 /* Exported only for the journal struct init code in super.c. Do not call. */
 void ocfs2_orphan_scan_init(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
+void ocfs2_orphan_scan_start(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
 void ocfs2_orphan_scan_stop(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
 void ocfs2_orphan_scan_exit(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 7efb349fb9bd..63af2e36d834 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@ static int ocfs2_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	wake_up(&osb->osb_mount_event);
 
 	/* Start this when the mount is almost sure of being successful */
-	ocfs2_orphan_scan_init(osb);
+	ocfs2_orphan_scan_start(osb);
 
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
@@ -1981,6 +1981,8 @@ static int ocfs2_initialize_super(struct super_block *sb,
 	snprintf(osb->dev_str, sizeof(osb->dev_str), "%u,%u",
 		 MAJOR(osb->sb->s_dev), MINOR(osb->sb->s_dev));
 
+	ocfs2_orphan_scan_init(osb);
+
 	status = ocfs2_recovery_init(osb);
 	if (status) {
 		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Unable to initialize recovery state\n");