diff --git a/lustre/osc/osc_create.c b/lustre/osc/osc_create.c
index 07fccc9d0cdedcb8bb672e18dd567b802bbae493..b839e9790f5db8088f7405a34ba0830ad77f2890 100644
--- a/lustre/osc/osc_create.c
+++ b/lustre/osc/osc_create.c
@@ -280,6 +280,9 @@ int osc_precreate(struct obd_export *exp)
         if (imp != NULL && imp->imp_deactive)
                 RETURN(1000);
 
+        if (oscc_recovering(oscc))
+                RETURN(2);
+
         if (oscc->oscc_last_id < oscc->oscc_next_id) {
                 spin_lock(&oscc->oscc_lock);
                 if (oscc->oscc_flags & OSCC_FLAG_NOSPC) {
@@ -290,11 +293,6 @@ int osc_precreate(struct obd_export *exp)
                         spin_unlock(&oscc->oscc_lock);
                         RETURN(1);
                 }
-                if (oscc->oscc_flags & OSCC_FLAG_RECOVERING) {
-                        spin_unlock(&oscc->oscc_lock);
-                        RETURN(2);
-                }
-
                 if (oscc->oscc_flags & OSCC_FLAG_CREATING) {
                         spin_unlock(&oscc->oscc_lock);
                         RETURN(1);