diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/fsck.c b/fs/bcachefs/fsck.c
index 99852e0eb22f..7e08592253a6 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/fsck.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/fsck.c
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ static int bch2_fsck_walk_inodes_only(struct bch_fs *c)
 
 int bch2_fsck(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
-	if (!c->opts.nofsck)
+	if (c->opts.fsck)
 		return bch2_fsck_full(c);
 
 	if (!c->sb.clean &&
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/opts.h b/fs/bcachefs/opts.h
index 01f1cb53eb5f..52fb9781d933 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/opts.h
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/opts.h
@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ enum opt_type {
 	BCH_OPT(journal_flush_disabled, u8,	OPT_RUNTIME,		\
 		OPT_BOOL(),						\
 		NO_SB_OPT,			false)			\
-	BCH_OPT(nofsck,			u8,	OPT_MOUNT,		\
+	BCH_OPT(fsck,			u8,	OPT_MOUNT,		\
 		OPT_BOOL(),						\
-		NO_SB_OPT,			false)			\
+		NO_SB_OPT,			true)			\
 	BCH_OPT(fix_errors,		u8,	OPT_MOUNT,		\
 		OPT_BOOL(),						\
 		NO_SB_OPT,			false)			\
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c b/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c
index 6d603654d150..2fd68a39d76a 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ int bch2_fs_recovery(struct bch_fs *c)
 		bch_info(c, "recovering from clean shutdown, journal seq %llu",
 			 le64_to_cpu(clean->journal_seq));
 
-	if (!clean || !c->opts.nofsck) {
+	if (!clean || c->opts.fsck) {
 		ret = bch2_journal_read(c, &journal);
 		if (ret)
 			goto err;