diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 3035c791d934..a041c66fd611 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -169,12 +169,21 @@ int f2fs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	 */
 	if (!is_inode_flag_set(fi, FI_APPEND_WRITE) &&
 			!exist_written_data(sbi, ino, APPEND_INO)) {
+		struct page *i = find_get_page(NODE_MAPPING(sbi), ino);
+
+		/* But we need to avoid that there are some inode updates */
+		if ((i && PageDirty(i)) || need_inode_block_update(sbi, ino)) {
+			f2fs_put_page(i, 0);
+			goto go_write;
+		}
+		f2fs_put_page(i, 0);
+
 		if (is_inode_flag_set(fi, FI_UPDATE_WRITE) ||
 				exist_written_data(sbi, ino, UPDATE_INO))
 			goto flush_out;
 		goto out;
 	}
-
+go_write:
 	/* guarantee free sections for fsync */
 	f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);