diff --git a/fs/f2fs/compress.c b/fs/f2fs/compress.c
index 1696f9183ff5..77fa342de38f 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/compress.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/compress.c
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ retry_write:
 
 		ret = f2fs_write_single_data_page(cc->rpages[i], &_submitted,
 						NULL, NULL, wbc, io_type,
-						compr_blocks);
+						compr_blocks, false);
 		if (ret) {
 			if (ret == AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE) {
 				unlock_page(cc->rpages[i]);
@@ -1490,6 +1490,9 @@ retry_write:
 
 		*submitted += _submitted;
 	}
+
+	f2fs_balance_fs(F2FS_M_SB(mapping), true);
+
 	return 0;
 out_err:
 	for (++i; i < cc->cluster_size; i++) {
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index 4d80f00e5e40..c7bb07dd9a20 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -2671,7 +2671,8 @@ int f2fs_write_single_data_page(struct page *page, int *submitted,
 				sector_t *last_block,
 				struct writeback_control *wbc,
 				enum iostat_type io_type,
-				int compr_blocks)
+				int compr_blocks,
+				bool allow_balance)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(inode);
@@ -2809,7 +2810,7 @@ out:
 	}
 	unlock_page(page);
 	if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && !IS_NOQUOTA(inode) &&
-					!F2FS_I(inode)->cp_task)
+			!F2FS_I(inode)->cp_task && allow_balance)
 		f2fs_balance_fs(sbi, need_balance_fs);
 
 	if (unlikely(f2fs_cp_error(sbi))) {
@@ -2856,7 +2857,7 @@ out:
 #endif
 
 	return f2fs_write_single_data_page(page, NULL, NULL, NULL,
-						wbc, FS_DATA_IO, 0);
+						wbc, FS_DATA_IO, 0, true);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -3024,7 +3025,8 @@ continue_unlock:
 			}
 #endif
 			ret = f2fs_write_single_data_page(page, &submitted,
-					&bio, &last_block, wbc, io_type, 0);
+					&bio, &last_block, wbc, io_type,
+					0, true);
 			if (ret == AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE)
 				unlock_page(page);
 #ifdef CONFIG_F2FS_FS_COMPRESSION
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 980e061f7968..63852404151e 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -3502,7 +3502,7 @@ int f2fs_write_single_data_page(struct page *page, int *submitted,
 				struct bio **bio, sector_t *last_block,
 				struct writeback_control *wbc,
 				enum iostat_type io_type,
-				int compr_blocks);
+				int compr_blocks, bool allow_balance);
 void f2fs_invalidate_page(struct page *page, unsigned int offset,
 			unsigned int length);
 int f2fs_release_page(struct page *page, gfp_t wait);