diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index c77a58038709..e02db5db62dc 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -655,9 +655,9 @@ int f2fs_do_tmpfile(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
 	f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
 
 	clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_NEW_INODE);
+	f2fs_update_time(F2FS_I_SB(inode), REQ_TIME);
 fail:
 	up_write(&F2FS_I(inode)->i_sem);
-	f2fs_update_time(F2FS_I_SB(inode), REQ_TIME);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index b1aaa73e1eeb..543c742f8bd7 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ static vm_fault_t f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		SetPageUptodate(page);
 
 	f2fs_update_iostat(sbi, APP_MAPPED_IO, F2FS_BLKSIZE);
+	f2fs_update_time(sbi, REQ_TIME);
 
 	trace_f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite(page, DATA);
 out_sem:
@@ -114,7 +115,6 @@ out_sem:
 	f2fs_balance_fs(sbi, dn.node_changed);
 
 	sb_end_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
-	f2fs_update_time(sbi, REQ_TIME);
 err:
 	return block_page_mkwrite_return(err);
 }