diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 16533f3b0a86..7b0cbf2f774f 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -4674,6 +4674,11 @@ static inline void f2fs_handle_page_eio(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, pgoff_t ofs,
 	}
 }
 
+static inline bool f2fs_is_readonly(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
+{
+	return f2fs_sb_has_readonly(sbi) || f2fs_readonly(sbi->sb);
+}
+
 #define EFSBADCRC	EBADMSG		/* Bad CRC detected */
 #define EFSCORRUPTED	EUCLEAN		/* Filesystem is corrupted */
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index dae12f6fe8e3..801de00b3975 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -1327,8 +1327,7 @@ static int parse_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options, bool is_remount)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if ((f2fs_sb_has_readonly(sbi) || f2fs_readonly(sbi->sb))
-		 && test_opt(sbi, FLUSH_MERGE)) {
+	if (f2fs_is_readonly(sbi) && test_opt(sbi, FLUSH_MERGE)) {
 		f2fs_err(sbi, "FLUSH_MERGE not compatible with readonly mode");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -2062,7 +2061,7 @@ static void default_options(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	set_opt(sbi, MERGE_CHECKPOINT);
 	F2FS_OPTION(sbi).unusable_cap = 0;
 	sbi->sb->s_flags |= SB_LAZYTIME;
-	if (!(f2fs_sb_has_readonly(sbi) || f2fs_readonly(sbi->sb)))
+	if (!f2fs_is_readonly(sbi))
 		set_opt(sbi, FLUSH_MERGE);
 	if (f2fs_hw_support_discard(sbi) || f2fs_hw_should_discard(sbi))
 		set_opt(sbi, DISCARD);