diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index 27d1a74dd6f34f9aed56f72942106e62e1a7c999..4d9bedfe101c9b843524fbbbe3edbc32f4d3eb8c 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -1323,23 +1323,24 @@ static int f2fs_write_node_page(struct page *page,
 	nid = nid_of_node(page);
 	f2fs_bug_on(sbi, page->index != nid);
 
+	if (wbc->for_reclaim) {
+		if (!down_read_trylock(&sbi->node_write))
+			goto redirty_out;
+	} else {
+		down_read(&sbi->node_write);
+	}
+
 	get_node_info(sbi, nid, &ni);
 
 	/* This page is already truncated */
 	if (unlikely(ni.blk_addr == NULL_ADDR)) {
 		ClearPageUptodate(page);
 		dec_page_count(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_NODES);
+		up_read(&sbi->node_write);
 		unlock_page(page);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (wbc->for_reclaim) {
-		if (!down_read_trylock(&sbi->node_write))
-			goto redirty_out;
-	} else {
-		down_read(&sbi->node_write);
-	}
-
 	set_page_writeback(page);
 	fio.blk_addr = ni.blk_addr;
 	write_node_page(nid, &fio);