diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index a807a8d5e38f06178c78f4ff3c31513bdb6b62b4..0e3e590a250f7cf58e2c02a5ee1a2a9cd5caf57c 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -637,7 +637,9 @@ int f2fs_issue_flush(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t ino)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (!test_opt(sbi, FLUSH_MERGE)) {
+		atomic_inc(&fcc->issing_flush);
 		ret = submit_flush_wait(sbi, ino);
+		atomic_dec(&fcc->issing_flush);
 		atomic_inc(&fcc->issued_flush);
 		return ret;
 	}