diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
index 5b672df194a999..0f350368dea73b 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
@@ -719,8 +719,10 @@ int f2fs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 		!is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_DIRTY_INODE))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!f2fs_is_checkpoint_ready(sbi))
+	if (!f2fs_is_checkpoint_ready(sbi)) {
+		f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode, true);
 		return -ENOSPC;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * We need to balance fs here to prevent from producing dirty node pages