diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
index e115fcfe723c9..beec14b6b0442 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
@@ -642,7 +642,6 @@ static void verity_work(struct work_struct *w)
 
 	io->in_tasklet = false;
 
-	verity_fec_init_io(io);
 	verity_finish_io(io, errno_to_blk_status(verity_verify_io(io)));
 }
 
@@ -792,6 +791,8 @@ static int verity_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio)
 	bio->bi_private = io;
 	io->iter = bio->bi_iter;
 
+	verity_fec_init_io(io);
+
 	verity_submit_prefetch(v, io);
 
 	submit_bio_noacct(bio);