diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
index 530d2777b4c7..0d2a46cb75f8 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
@@ -246,6 +246,36 @@ static void nilfs_clear_recovery_info(struct nilfs_recovery_info *ri)
 	nilfs_dispose_segment_list(&ri->ri_used_segments);
 }
 
+/**
+ * nilfs_store_log_cursor - load log cursor from a super block
+ * @nilfs: nilfs object
+ * @sbp: buffer storing super block to be read
+ *
+ * nilfs_store_log_cursor() reads the last position of the log
+ * containing a super root from a given super block, and initializes
+ * relevant information on the nilfs object preparatory for log
+ * scanning and recovery.
+ */
+static int nilfs_store_log_cursor(struct the_nilfs *nilfs,
+				  struct nilfs_super_block *sbp)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	nilfs->ns_last_pseg = le64_to_cpu(sbp->s_last_pseg);
+	nilfs->ns_last_cno = le64_to_cpu(sbp->s_last_cno);
+	nilfs->ns_last_seq = le64_to_cpu(sbp->s_last_seq);
+
+	nilfs->ns_seg_seq = nilfs->ns_last_seq;
+	nilfs->ns_segnum =
+		nilfs_get_segnum_of_block(nilfs, nilfs->ns_last_pseg);
+	nilfs->ns_cno = nilfs->ns_last_cno + 1;
+	if (nilfs->ns_segnum >= nilfs->ns_nsegments) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "NILFS invalid last segment number.\n");
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /**
  * load_nilfs - load and recover the nilfs
  * @nilfs: the_nilfs structure to be released
@@ -615,20 +645,9 @@ int init_nilfs(struct the_nilfs *nilfs, struct nilfs_sb_info *sbi, char *data)
 	bdi = nilfs->ns_bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info;
 	nilfs->ns_bdi = bdi ? : &default_backing_dev_info;
 
-	/* Finding last segment */
-	nilfs->ns_last_pseg = le64_to_cpu(sbp->s_last_pseg);
-	nilfs->ns_last_cno = le64_to_cpu(sbp->s_last_cno);
-	nilfs->ns_last_seq = le64_to_cpu(sbp->s_last_seq);
-
-	nilfs->ns_seg_seq = nilfs->ns_last_seq;
-	nilfs->ns_segnum =
-		nilfs_get_segnum_of_block(nilfs, nilfs->ns_last_pseg);
-	nilfs->ns_cno = nilfs->ns_last_cno + 1;
-	if (nilfs->ns_segnum >= nilfs->ns_nsegments) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "NILFS invalid last segment number.\n");
-		err = -EINVAL;
+	err = nilfs_store_log_cursor(nilfs, sbp);
+	if (err)
 		goto failed_sbh;
-	}
 
 	/* Initialize gcinode cache */
 	err = nilfs_init_gccache(nilfs);