diff --git a/mvcc/backend/backend.go b/mvcc/backend/backend.go
index 87edd25f427..9d053337f78 100644
--- a/mvcc/backend/backend.go
+++ b/mvcc/backend/backend.go
@@ -370,10 +370,10 @@ func defragdb(odb, tmpdb *bolt.DB, limit int) error {
 		}
 
 		tmpb, berr := tmptx.CreateBucketIfNotExists(next)
-		tmpb.FillPercent = 0.9 // for seq write in for each
 		if berr != nil {
 			return berr
 		}
+		tmpb.FillPercent = 0.9 // for seq write in for each
 
 		b.ForEach(func(k, v []byte) error {
 			count++