diff --git a/src/partition/repart.c b/src/partition/repart.c
index 7621d32a53..a9d5526700 100644
--- a/src/partition/repart.c
+++ b/src/partition/repart.c
@@ -2243,8 +2243,8 @@ static int context_load_partition_table(Context *context) {
                 return log_oom();
 
         if (arg_sector_size > 0) {
-                r = fdisk_save_user_sector_size(c, /* phy= */ 0, arg_sector_size);
                 fs_secsz = arg_sector_size;
+                r = fdisk_save_user_sector_size(c, /* phy= */ 0, arg_sector_size);
         } else {
                 uint32_t ssz;
                 struct stat st;