diff --git a/lustre/osc/osc_create.c b/lustre/osc/osc_create.c
index b0223042b0507189d06dd52163cc4ee71642ab25..b34341b81b64c423ae1345ee875b4a92de517802 100644
--- a/lustre/osc/osc_create.c
+++ b/lustre/osc/osc_create.c
@@ -283,6 +283,9 @@ 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) {
@@ -293,11 +296,6 @@ 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);