diff --git a/fs/erofs/internal.h b/fs/erofs/internal.h
index e51f27b6bde15008f198589959d2c58e9a9476e9..4868000806d8bbf2f3ef51f30ba0d0a74288572a 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/erofs/internal.h
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ struct erofs_sb_info {
 
 	/* what we really care is nid, rather than ino.. */
 	erofs_nid_t root_nid;
+	erofs_nid_t packed_nid;
 	/* used for statfs, f_files - f_favail */
 	u64 inos;
 
diff --git a/fs/erofs/super.c b/fs/erofs/super.c
index 626a615dafc2ffa1604f155404165f76288478e1..bd8bf8fc2f5dfe46cb5b411f86579bae9ff55ff9 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/super.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/super.c
@@ -381,17 +381,7 @@ static int erofs_read_superblock(struct super_block *sb)
 #endif
 	sbi->islotbits = ilog2(sizeof(struct erofs_inode_compact));
 	sbi->root_nid = le16_to_cpu(dsb->root_nid);
-#ifdef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP
-	sbi->packed_inode = NULL;
-	if (erofs_sb_has_fragments(sbi) && dsb->packed_nid) {
-		sbi->packed_inode =
-			erofs_iget(sb, le64_to_cpu(dsb->packed_nid));
-		if (IS_ERR(sbi->packed_inode)) {
-			ret = PTR_ERR(sbi->packed_inode);
-			goto out;
-		}
-	}
-#endif
+	sbi->packed_nid = le64_to_cpu(dsb->packed_nid);
 	sbi->inos = le64_to_cpu(dsb->inos);
 
 	sbi->build_time = le64_to_cpu(dsb->build_time);
@@ -800,6 +790,16 @@ static int erofs_fc_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 
 	erofs_shrinker_register(sb);
 	/* sb->s_umount is already locked, SB_ACTIVE and SB_BORN are not set */
+#ifdef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP
+	if (erofs_sb_has_fragments(sbi) && sbi->packed_nid) {
+		sbi->packed_inode = erofs_iget(sb, sbi->packed_nid);
+		if (IS_ERR(sbi->packed_inode)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(sbi->packed_inode);
+			sbi->packed_inode = NULL;
+			return err;
+		}
+	}
+#endif
 	err = erofs_init_managed_cache(sb);
 	if (err)
 		return err;