diff --git a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
index 3a4b51c03321..5148d90049b0 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ out:
 	destroy_fsync_dnodes(sbi, &inode_list);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(fsync_entry_slab);
 	sbi->por_doing = 0;
-	write_checkpoint(sbi, false);
+	if (!err)
+		write_checkpoint(sbi, false);
 	return err;
 }