diff --git a/lfs3.c b/lfs3.c
index 3b125e7e..93e1386c 100644
--- a/lfs3.c
+++ b/lfs3.c
@@ -16824,6 +16824,16 @@ int lfs3_fs_mkconsistent(lfs3_t *lfs3) {
         }
     }
 
+    // go ahead and checkpoint the allocator
+    //
+    // this isn't always needed, but redundant alloc ckpoints are noops,
+    // so might as well to eagerly populate allocators and save some
+    // code
+    int err = lfs3_alloc_ckpoint(lfs3);
+    if (err) {
+        return err;
+    }
+
     return 0;
 }
 #endif
@@ -17137,13 +17147,6 @@ int lfs3_fs_mkgbmap(lfs3_t *lfs3) {
         return err;
     }
 
-    // checkpoint the allocator
-    // TODO, should lfs3_fs_mkconsistent also checkpoint the allocator?
-    err = lfs3_alloc_ckpoint(lfs3);
-    if (err) {
-        return err;
-    }
-
     // create an empty gbmap
     lfs3_gbmap_init(&lfs3->gbmap);