if (!journal)
                return NULL;
 
-       journal->j_dev = bdev;
-       journal->j_fs_dev = fs_dev;
-       journal->j_blk_offset = start;
-       journal->j_maxlen = len;
-       journal->j_blocksize = blocksize;
-
-       bh = __getblk(journal->j_dev, start, journal->j_blocksize);
-       J_ASSERT(bh != NULL);
-       journal->j_sb_buffer = bh;
-       journal->j_superblock = (journal_superblock_t *)bh->b_data;
-
        /* journal descriptor can store up to n blocks -bzzz */
+       journal->j_blocksize = blocksize;
        n = journal->j_blocksize / sizeof(journal_block_tag_t);
        journal->j_wbufsize = n;
        journal->j_wbuf = kmalloc(n * sizeof(struct buffer_head*), GFP_KERNEL);
                kfree(journal);
                journal = NULL;
        }
+       journal->j_dev = bdev;
+       journal->j_fs_dev = fs_dev;
+       journal->j_blk_offset = start;
+       journal->j_maxlen = len;
+
+       bh = __getblk(journal->j_dev, start, journal->j_blocksize);
+       J_ASSERT(bh != NULL);
+       journal->j_sb_buffer = bh;
+       journal->j_superblock = (journal_superblock_t *)bh->b_data;
 
        return journal;
 }