diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 922d289..767fa3a 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -2060,9 +2060,10 @@
 	EXT3_SB(sb)->s_mount_state |= EXT3_ORPHAN_FS;
 	ext3_orphan_cleanup(sb, es);
 	EXT3_SB(sb)->s_mount_state &= ~EXT3_ORPHAN_FS;
-	if (needs_recovery)
+	if (needs_recovery) {
+		ext3_mark_recovery_complete(sb, es);
 		ext3_msg(sb, KERN_INFO, "recovery complete");
-	ext3_mark_recovery_complete(sb, es);
+	}
 	ext3_msg(sb, KERN_INFO, "mounted filesystem with %s data mode",
 		test_opt(sb,DATA_FLAGS) == EXT3_MOUNT_JOURNAL_DATA ? "journal":
 		test_opt(sb,DATA_FLAGS) == EXT3_MOUNT_ORDERED_DATA ? "ordered":